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Massive mine truck and a Baja off-road racer both find use for fuel cells

Enlarge / Anglo American and First Mode, among others, are converting a Komatsu 930E truck like this one to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells and batteries rather than diesel engines. (credit: Anglo American) At first glance, an open-pit platinum mine in South Africa and the Baja 1000 off-road race don’t have much in common […]

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Planes, trains, but not automobiles—why GM is developing fuel cells

Enlarge / Using hydrogen in some of these applications probably makes more sense than building out a network of hydrogen filling stations for passenger cars. (credit: Scharfsinn86/Getty Images) In just the last week, General Motors signed agreements with not one but two companies to develop applications for its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell systems. At first […]

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Nikola Inventory Drops 26% Following fraud Asserts complicate hydrogen Strategies

Expand / / A Nel/Nikola refueling pump has been displayed at a 2019 marketing photograph. (charge: Nikola Motor Company) Shares of hydrogen bath startup Nikola dropped 26% Wednesday after The Wall Street Journal reported the business was unable to find mates to construct a projected system of hydrogen fueling stations. Nikola’s stock closed at $21.15 on […]