Tevva’s hydrogen truck covers 1000km run

Tevva’s dual-energy hydrogen-battery truck has covered a 1,000 km-plus return proving run from London to the Scottish border at Berwick-upon-Tweed in freezing conditions.

On the return leg, the truck covered almost 350 miles, without needing to stop for recharging. This was made possible by the truck’s hydrogen fuel cell which tops up the range-extended vehicle’s lithium battery when needed.

Lead engineer, Tevva Rex, Charlie Cordell said: “It was an amazing trip and we were so pleased the truck covered so many miles on the return leg, without the need to stop for a charge.

“The trip was a terrific demonstration of the range you can achieve in a truck that uses a blended system of electric and hydrogen. The freezing conditions were extremely challenging, but helpful too, in allowing us to gather important data about vehicle performance, meaning we could make tweaks here and there and tailor its development.”

Temperatures rarely climbed above freezing during the trip, and at one point it dropped to -10°C. The Tevva engineers stopped off at hydrogen refuelling specialist Element 2 in Teesside on the first leg of the journey, as well as making an earlier stop in the Midlands.