Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) headquarters in Germany is working on hydrogen-powered trucks, Financial Express reported.
“Hydrogen is the most promising for the future for a simple reason that when you talk about mobility technology, you have to go to the molecule level. One kilogram of hydrogen can generate 33kwh of energy; there is no other element which can offer this; carbon is 8kw and BEV is 0.5-0.6kwh,” ” Satyakam Arya, managing director, DICV, said in a recent interaction with FE while adding, “We are studying the EV space and how the Indian market is getting prepared for this technology. We are keeping a close eye on it. The situation is very dynamic.We will invest in both electric and hydrogen fuel technologies. The development work on the powertrain is already going on globally and that includes India. EV will come out first because the infra is in place. Hydrogen is many years away because we have to install hydrogen as fuel first,” Arya added.
DICV, which makes and sells trucks and buses in India under the BharatBenz brand, is one of the few companies who are yet to enter the electric commercial vehicle.
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