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5. Typically, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV's) have batteries

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 06:26 PM

Nov 18

They are a hybrid system, the fuel cells charge the batteries, instead of having an internal combustion engine charging them. This vehicle is no exception.

The truck has a total hydrogen storage capacity of 5,052 litres with a system weight of 203 kg and combines four 140 kW hydrogen fuel cell modules with a lithium iron phosphate battery for total power output of 900 kW. …

(The propulsion is not “from heat.”)

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