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> What is suspicious is that if I enter that truck's license number (19-BLD-5) into https://ovi.rdw.nl/ https://ovi.rdw.nl/ that it comes up as a more or less r

> What is suspicious is that if I enter that truck's license number (19-BLD-5) into https://ovi.rdw.nl/ https://ovi.rdw.nl/ that it comes up as a more or less regular Volvo truck with a 12.7 liter LNG installation, not a hydrogen installation, which it would surely mention if that were the case. I guess it is easier to modify an LNG truck to handle H2 rather than a diesel one.

jacquesm 5y ago
Yes, obviously, so that part matches. But the license would then be changed when you register the fuel change with RDW and that hasn't happened as far as I can see (at least, not with that particular truck), and the conversion as far as I know with those trucks is to a hydrogen/electric system that uses Hyzon's fuel cell technology. There are 100's of promotional pictures of that vehicle but none that show it in actual operation or with its license plate post modification and you can't just take a truck like that on the road here without going through all of the required processes. RDW is pretty strict and good at what they do, if you bypass them for something like this they'll smack you down hard. They claim they will deliver 100 trucks this year. So far I've seen precious little evidence of that. 69-BPR-8 is a good example of a vehicle that is powered by Hydrogen, it is listed as 'electric / hydrogen' with RDW, and that's what I would expect for this Hyzon truck. That's a garbage truck in the city of Groningen, which is also a hydrogen conversion of a regular (diesel) truck, no data about reliability, availability, range or service. See: https://www.alexmiedema.nl/2021/01/22/exclusieve-beelden-nieuwe-waterstof-vuilniswagen-gemeente-groningen/ https://www.alexmiedema.nl/2021/01/22/exclusieve-beelden-nie... These are the tanks they use: https://www.waterstof-centrum.nl/product/700-bar-waterstof-cylinder-52-l-verkoop https://www.waterstof-centrum.nl/product/700-bar-waterstof-c... Hyzon went public July of this year: https://www.fleetowner.com/emissions-efficiency/article/21169948/hyzon-motors-goes-public-to-scale-hydrogen-trucks https://www.fleetowner.com/emissions-efficiency/article/2116...

jacquesm 5y ago

Yes, obviously, so that part matches. But the license would then be changed when you register the fuel change with RDW and that hasn't happened as far as I can see (at least, not with that particular truck), and the conversion as far as I know with those trucks is to a hydrogen/electric system that uses Hyzon's fuel cell technology. There are 100's of promotional pictures of that vehicle but none that show it in actual operation or with its license plate post modification and you can't just take a truck like that on the road here without going through all of the required processes. RDW is pretty strict and good at what they do, if you bypass them for something like this they'll smack you down hard. They claim they will deliver 100 trucks this year. So far I've seen precious little evidence of that. 69-BPR-8 is a good example of a vehicle that is powered by Hydrogen, it is listed as 'electric / hydrogen' with RDW, and that's what I would expect for this Hyzon truck. That's a garbage truck in the city of Groningen, which is also a hydrogen conversion of a regular (diesel) truck, no data about reliability, availability, range or service. See: https://www.alexmiedema.nl/2021/01/22/exclusieve-beelden-nieuwe-waterstof-vuilniswagen-gemeente-groningen/ https://www.alexmiedema.nl/2021/01/22/exclusieve-beelden-nie... These are the tanks they use: https://www.waterstof-centrum.nl/product/700-bar-waterstof-cylinder-52-l-verkoop https://www.waterstof-centrum.nl/product/700-bar-waterstof-c... Hyzon went public July of this year: https://www.fleetowner.com/emissions-efficiency/article/21169948/hyzon-motors-goes-public-to-scale-hydrogen-trucks https://www.fleetowner.com/emissions-efficiency/article/2116...