Global logistics giant DHL is serving Diageo North America – the makers of Captain Morgan rum – with a new deployment of hydrogen powered Nikola semi trucks and a standalone hydrogen fueling station.
DHL has established itself as a leader in zero-emission trucking with BEV terminal truck initiatives going all the way back to 2015, when the shipping company put its first Orange EV yard dog to work at Diageo’s Plainfield, Illinois, terminal. As such, you might be surprised to learn that DHL is opting for a hydrogen-powered Nikola instead of the pure electric version.
For their part, the Nikola/Diageo press release plays up the “EV” part of “FCEV” in an effort to convince readers that their hydrogen trucks are just as “green” as EVs – which longtime readers of Electrek, of course, realize is nonsense.
That said, DHL doesn’t want you to…
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