Kenworth, Toyota Show First Production Hydrogen Fuel Cell Zero-Emission Truck for Ports

[Peace Piper]

Mike Dozier, general manager of Kenworth Truck Co., and Carlton Rose, president of United Parcel Service global fleet maintenance and engineering, were on hand Monday to unveil the fuel cell truck developed by Toyota and Kenworth. (Photo: Alan Adler/Trucks.com)

Kenworth, Toyota Show First Production Fuel Cell Truck for Ports

Trucks.com | 4/22/19

The first production fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck jointly developed by Toyota Motor Corp. and Kenworth Truck Co. will begin service in the fourth quarter of this year, the companies said Monday.

The goal is to develop green cargo-hauling trucks that can replace diesel big rigs and reduce pollution at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., complex, the nation’s largest.

The new truck is the first of 10 planned under a $41 million California Air Resources Board grant matched by Toyota, Kenworth and Royal Dutch Shell. They are part of the “Shore to Store” project of California Climate Investments, which supports greenhouse gas emissions reductions with money from the sale of carbon credits.

WHO GETS THE TRUCKS

Toyota Logistics Services will operate four of the trucks. United Parcel Service will get three, Total Transportation Services Inc. will get two, and Southern Counties Express will get one.

“With more than 10,000 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles in our fleet today, UPS has a long history of pioneering and evaluating technologies that aid us in decreasing our environmental footprint,” said Carlton Rose, UPS president of global fleet maintenance and engineering.

The Kenworth/Toyota fuel cell electric truck was retrofitted with two fuel cells originally designed for Toyota’s Mirai fuel-cell sedan. The Japanese automaker leases that vehicle in California.

“Toyota is committed to fuel cell electric technology as a powertrain for the future,” said Bob Carter, Toyota executive vice president for automotive operations. “It’s a clean, scalable platform that can meet a broad range of mobility needs with zero emissions.”

REDUCING EMISSIONS

The Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex is the largest trade gateway for containerized cargo in North America. The ports handle 20 percent of all U.S.-bound cargo. Particulate and Co2 emissions from the 16,000 trucks entering and leaving the ports daily worsen air quality in communities through which they travel.

The “Alpha” and “Beta” fuel cell trucks have logged more than 14,000 miles of testing and real-world drayage operations in and around the two Southern California ports over the last two years. Their only emission is water vapor.

The new truck extends the range of two of Toyota’s proof-of-concept trucks to more than 300 miles between hydrogen fill-ups. A typical drayage truck averages 150 miles during a daily duty cycle.

Shell plans to develop two large-capacity heavy-duty hydrogen-fueling stations in Wilmington, Calif., and Ontario, Calif., a warehousing hub located 56 miles inland from the ports. When networked with three existing hydrogen-fueling stations located at Toyota facilities and two operated by Air Liquide, more than 1 ton of hydrogen will be available daily.

The Toyota-Kenworth truck showing comes a week after startup Nikola Motor revealed the production version of its Nikola Two heavy-duty fuel cell truck targeted for late 2022. Nikola’s trucks were developed from a clean-sheet approach instead of converting an existing truck.

COLLABORATION

Nikola, Toyota and Shell are among a group of automotive and industrial companies working together to standardize hydrogen-fueling components that could get fuel cell electric trucks on the road faster....more: https://www.trucks.com/2019/04/22/kenworth-toyota-first-production-fuel-cell-truck-ports/





You haven't even BEGUN to hear about Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. But you heard it here FIRST.

 

[Danke]

I'm excited...

But I will currently stick to my large vehicles that I buy used, cost less than $5k, parts are easy to find and CHEAP to buy, no collision insurance (like ~ $20-$35 month, liability only).

I recently bought a 115, 000 mile Suburban for $6K (no rust). Retail today for that vehicle is around $60,000.

I realize many can't work on their own vehicles, but one can go on Craigslist, etc. and find cheap mechanics.

Sure, I pay more for gas than a small vehicle, but do you buy health insurance? An accident that will cripple you or kill you, I will walk away from.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

The new truck is the first of 10 planned under a $41 million California Air Resources Board grant matched by Toyota, Kenworth and Royal Dutch Shell. They are part of the “Shore to Store” project of California Climate Investments, which supports greenhouse gas emissions reductions with money from the sale of carbon credits.

That's a load to parse. So it looks like California taxpayers pitch in four million dollars per truck and Toyota and friends pitch in another four million dollars per truck, so each truck costs 8 million dollars. And then we have some type of investment company which sells carbon credits. Where do they get these carbon credits? Who do they sell them to?

 

[pcosmar]

That's a load to parse. So it looks like California taxpayers pitch in four million dollars per truck and Toyota and friends pitch in another four million dollars per truck, so each truck costs 8 million dollars. And then we have some type of investment company which sells carbon credits. Where do they get these carbon credits? Who do they sell them to?

Not liking the subsidies.. and they should not be necessary.

Production and distribution of Hydrogen at a fair price (at a fair profit) is the trick to be solved.