edd1974:
Am surprised this day and age they haven’t put solar panels on top of trailers
Then use the power to power the truck make it a hybrid.
When power from.panels runs out it switches back to diesel.
I reckon you could get 100 miles maybe more from the panels
Here you go
commercialfleet.org/news/va … reduce-co2
It’s now been spun-off as a business so other companies can access the technology…had a stand at the CV Show
Transport for London are putting 20 double- decker buses , powered by Hydrogen,into service at a cost of £12 million with the refuelling stations .£5 million being funded by the EU. Built in Northern Ireland apparently. Coming into service next year.
franceroutes.fr/actualites/ … is-np-460/
From summer 2018.
Jacky Perrenot are aiming for 1,000 IVECO powered by natural gas by end of 2020. Not as green as hydrogen, but still an interesting step. See quite a few around already. 1,600km autonomy sounds good. They have many depots around so no problem there.
One French company we see a lot were taken over by Perrenot a while back, but the gas trucks aren`t in their sector yet though.
How weird would it be to come across one of these autonomous T-Pod trucks that have started to make deliveries in Sweden 