Exploring Hydrogen’s Role in Heavy-Duty Trucking

Katarina Nehrkorn, Beia Spiller and Alan Krupnick
Additional contact information
Katarina Nehrkorn: Resources for the Future
Beia Spiller: Resources for the Future
Alan Krupnick: Resources for the Future

No 24-11, RFF Reports from Resources for the Future

Abstract: Clean hydrogen (H2) fuel can play a role in decarbonizing the heavy-duty transportation sector. Transportation is the biggest source of anthropogenic CO2 emissions within the United States, and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up 23 percent of transportation emissions. The heavy-duty transportation sector is defined as commercial vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings more than 26,001 pounds and generally includes drayage trucks, short and regional day cabs, and long-haul Class 8 trucks. This sector is particularly difficult to decarbonize, as these trucks often require long ranges and carry heavy payloads. This report provides an overview of H2 truck technology, its current status in the United States, comparisons to diesel and battery electric trucks, challenges to deployment, and policy issues.

Date: 2024-07-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ene and nep-env
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.rff.org/documents/4518/Report_24-11_xxQBjTI.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rff:report:rp-24-11

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in RFF Reports from Resources for the Future Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Resources for the Future ().