The conference news feed examined whether electric or hydrogen trucks will shape the future of transport in the United States. The answer is likely to depend on duty cycle, route, payload and access to charging or refuelling infrastructure.
Battery trucks are efficient and well suited to shorter routes with depot charging. Hydrogen fuel cell trucks offer longer range and faster refuelling, which matters for long haul operations and for fleets that cannot afford long stops.
The debate is useful because it forces a system comparison rather than a technology preference. The conference programme included transport and infrastructure topics, and the news archive keeps the item as part of that conversation.
This item is part of the 2022 conference news archive. It records a development reported in the conference news feed.