Hydrogen fuel cell technology essential to meeting trucking’s decarbonization goals

April 20, 2022

This is a contributed op-ed written by Bill Elrick, executive director of the California Fuel Cell Partnership.

The transportation sector represents the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., contributing 27% of the nation’s total emissions. Of those emissions, 24% come from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that haul our Amazon packages and stock our grocery store shelves. These vehicles also account for most transportation-related criteria pollutant emissions, including nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide, which can form smog and contribute to poor air quality.

The only way to quickly and decisively begin to reduce transportation’s climate impacts is widespread adoption of zero-emission vehicles. And fuel cell electric trucks (FCETs) are best suited to address the challenges associated with decarbonizing much of the trucking industry.

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