Volvo Trucks is taking its hydrogen fuel-cell testing to new heights. The global truck OEM recently completed its first public road tests of the technology it is developing in a joint venture with Daimler Truck called cellcentric. Those tests were conducted with a Volvo FH tractor in Kiruna, Sweden, within the Arctic Circle, in a frigid climate, according to Volvo. The FH Electric is one of the OEM's European market EVs.
"It's an electric truck. The big difference is rather than storing the energy onboard, you generate it," Peter Voorhoeve, Volvo Trucks North America president, told FleetOwner during an interview earlier this month. "The principle of fuel cells is not so complicated, quite frankly. We still need to find solutions for hydrogen storage. But the fuel cell itself is a super good technology."
