Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Tata Motors Executive Director (Commercial Vehicles), Girish Wagh left 16 hydrogen trucks for trials on the road for the next two years. These trucks will run on some of the busiest routes of the freight. These include the routes of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune and Jamshedpur. On this occasion, Gadkari said, “Hydrogen has the ability to bring a big change in the transportation sector to reduce the emission in hydrogen and increase self-reliance on energy. It is a fuel of the future. This will increase the speed of sustainable mobility in heavy-duty trucking and we will move towards an affidavit and low carbon.”
Under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Tata Motors has obtained a tender for trials of hydrogen trucks from the Ministry of Renewable Energy. These trucks have an internal combustion engine as well as fuel cells. Their range is about 500 km. Hydrogen-powered trucks have advanced driver-assistant safety features that will make it easier for drivers during the trial period. Tata Motors’ hydrogen -powered 15 buses are already being tried.
Tata Motors’ Wagh says, “As a prolonged commitment company of nation building, we have continued innovation in the mobility solutions that contributed to India’s growth and development. We are proud to carry forward this heritage in clean and long distance transportation with trials of hydrogen -powered trucks.” Tata Motors also has a leading place in the market of electric vehicles (EV). Recently, the manufacturing of the company’s EV Unit Tata.Ev was more than two lakh units. Tata.ev’s portfolio includes punch Ev, Tiago Ev Tigor Ev and CurvV EV. The company also plans to bring the EV version of the Harrier.
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