Tata Motors begins trial for hydrogen-fuelled trucks

Tata Motors, country’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, commenced the first-ever trials of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks to assess their viability for long-haul transportation solutions. The trial phase will span up to 24 months and involves deployment of 16 such vehicles with varying configurations and payload capacities. These trucks, equipped with new age Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines

India plans to push LNG for trucking in bid to curb emissions

India is looking to liquefied natural gas to reduce pollution from its trucking industry. The Oil Ministry plans to encourage the conversion of a third of existing long-haul trucks to the super-chilled gas from diesel, according to a draft policy. It also plans to mandate that a third of new trucks run on LNG. A targeted approach will

Vale, Komatsu and Cummins agree to develop dual fuel large trucks

Vale and Komatsu have signed a pioneering agreement to develop and test, in partnership with Cummins, Dual Fuel haul trucks, powered by a mixture of ethanol and diesel. They will be the world’s first trucks of their size, with payloads of 230 to 290 tons, to run on ethanol, in a joint investment in research

NITI Aayog report bats for incentives to promote LNG

Government think tank NITI Aayog has pitched for providing fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to promote liquified natural gas (LNG) as a transportation fuel in medium and heavy commercial vehicles. In a report titled LNG as a Transportation Fuel in Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicle’, the Aayog said the government’s think-tank suggested setting up a demand

Bosch to launch hydrogen engine for trucks

German manufacturer Bosch has announced plans to launch its first hydrogen internal combustion engine for trucks this year, to add to its existing fuel cell and battery-electric offerings. Hydrogen engines are less efficient than fuel cells, so vehicles using them will require more H2 to travel the same distance. But proponents say they hydrogen engines

Greenline investment to deploy LNG trucks for logistics

GreenLine will invest Rs 200 crore to deploy LNG-powered trucks for Hindustan Zinc’s Road logistics operations. These LNG-powered trucks, manufactured by Blue Energy Motors – India’s first venture into heavy-duty LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) trucks, is said to significantly reduce toxic emissions compared to diesel, with cuts of up to 30% in CO2, up to

India sends first consignment of methanol to Bangladesh

The export of methanol, which is less polluting alternative fuel than octane and diesel, has started from India to Bangladesh.

Volvo tests hydrogen-powered trucks

After showcasing the fuel-cell electric trucks for the first time last year, Volvo has now tested the hydrogen-powered electric trucks on public roads for the first time. These gigantic machines are capable of producing their own electricity hence they have a much larger range. Now, the trucks have been tested on public roads for the

CARB bans new diesel trucks at ports

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the measure called Advanced Clean Fleets, which would prohibit the sale of all new medium and heavy-duty vehicles by 2036 and ban new diesel trucks from ports and railyards from next year. The new regulation applies to local, state and federal government vehicles as well as fleets owned

First hydrogen charging station for trucks by SK Energy

SK Energy, a leading oil company under SK Innovation, said Sunday it has opened the country’s first hydrogen charging station for large cargo trucks in Ulsan, an industrial city on the southern coast. With the charging capacity of 80 kilograms per hour, the hydrogen fueling station can charge 16 passenger cars per hour or 40