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Re:Volvo and Daimler bet on hydrogen truck boom this decade by Symbiote on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:50PM (#27132393)
The article is from a British publication and concerns two European vehicle manufacturers producing new vehicles, initially for Europe.

"The Swedish truck-maker is aiming for half its European sales in 2030 to be trucks powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells"

"About 300 high-performance hydrogen refueling points would be needed in Europe by 2025"

I'm sure there's enough of a market in Europe for different trucks — there's already different designs and different fuel preferences (diesel/gasoline).

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Re:Volvo and Daimler bet on hydrogen truck boom this decade by kingsuper20 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:58PM (#27132490)
>I'm sure there's enough of a market in Europe for different trucks

Absolutely. Look at the heavy buy-in on diesel automobiles, and they sure weren't shy about subsidies/regulations to favor them.

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Re:Volvo and Daimler bet on hydrogen truck boom this decade by EricE on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:20PM (#27132766)
Subsidies touting efficiencies that turned out to be fictional due to multiple manufactures committing pretty major fraud for decades that was only recently uncovered.

Yeah, that government intervention worked out well :p

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