Tata Motors aims to ignite hydrogen in ICE

While the eventual goal of all commercial vehicle players is hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles, Tata Motors also wants to burn hydrogen inside the existing internal combustion engine to power its trucks and buses.

Tata Motors, however, also wants to use hydrogen inside the existing internal combustion engine (ICE, which uses diesel and petrol/CNG as fuels) to power its trucks and buses. This technology is called hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE).

To achieve carbon neutrality, most commercial vehicle (CV) players will take the following route: diesel (including biodiesel and ethanol-diesel blends), followed by CNG, bio-CNG, LNG, battery electric vehicle (BEV) and eventually hydrogen-based fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV).

Tata Motors, however, also wants to use hydrogen inside the existing internal combustion engine (ICE, which uses diesel and petrol/CNG as fuels) to power its trucks and buses. This technology is called hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE).