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Truckers Eye Combustion Engine Future by Burning Hydrogen

Daimler Truck is trying to make the hydrogen combustion engine a viable alternative to batteries and fuel cells. A Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul electric truck by Daimler Truck Holding AG at the IAA

Daimler Truck is trying to make the hydrogen combustion engine a viable alternative to batteries and fuel cells.

A Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul electric truck by Daimler Truck Holding AG at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany, in 2022.

Daimler Truck Holding AG is pushing a fringe technology as an alternative to batteries and fuel cells in the shift to zero-emission rigs. The advantage? It combusts hydrogen and would be based on the truckmaker’s well-honed diesel engines.

The world’s biggest commercial-vehicle maker is working on a potential partnership to develop hydrogen combustion engines — a technology long targeting only niche vehicles with heavy payloads in mining, construction or agriculture. Last week, the German company saidBloomberg Terminal it’s ready to apply it to heavy-duty trucks once authorities classify it as zero-emission.