GM’s hydrogen ‘power cubes’ will be used in cement mixers and terminal tractors

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• bigbadmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If those trains are terminal, I think this experimental treatment is worth it 🙏

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  • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thoughts and prayers!

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  • Fraylor@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • Songar87@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Be careful what you wish for…

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    • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “prayer warrior” is one of my favorite concepts. Those two words are just so comically incompatible.

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• stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  With a small donation of one updoot that doesn’t actually exist, you can save these terminal tractors from a certain end to their lives.

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• CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m becoming less of a hydrogen guy and more of an ammonia guy. Liquid ammonia seems easier to deal with than hydrogen gas.

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  • MaggiWuerze@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It is, but a leak could kill you. So 🤷‍♂️

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    • Nommer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Same could be said for hydrogen since it’s a tiny bit explosive.

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    • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s a problem. However, it might make more sense on balance if we have big nuclear power plants generating clean ammonia while off peak electric demand.

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• Crow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What tech does this use? Is the hydrogen compressed or captured into a temporary sink?

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• themusicman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hydrogen power is a grift. Run an extension for your damn cement mixer

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  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There are cases where getting power to a site would be a hurdle.

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    • zuch0698o@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are mobile battery banks for a reason. Some handle 240 at 30 amp too.

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  • mybobafetish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    By extension, are you suggesting an extension cord for electric?

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  • Railison@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Electrify where you can, improve renewable fuels for where you can’t

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• Destraight@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Blow it up, like in THE FINALS

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  Autocar, based in Birmingham, Ala., is a 126-year-old manufacturer of Class 7 and 8 work vehicles, including garbage trucks, cement mixers, terminal tractors, and more.

  The company’s Hydrotec power cubs are lightweight, GM said, which enable large payloads, excellent range, and quick refueling.

  Despite the technology having been in development for decades, there are only a little more than 50 fueling stations in California, mostly clustered around Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

  The East Coast is trying to get in on the action, with a handful of stations up and running, and more in the works in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

  Overcoming this challenge is important for light-duty vehicles because they often have limited size and weight capacity for fuel storage.

  The hydrogen-powered generators are being sold to commercial and military customers to start out, but the automaker said it plans on offering versions for residential use in the future.

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