EV Magazine July 2023 | Page 70

FLEET & COMMERCIAL

FLEET & COMMERCIAL

This may not be a concern for businesses that also wish to reap the benefits of AI as more and more businesses are adopting new technologies to enable autonomous functions . Perhaps this will pave the way for bolt-on autonomous solutions for the commercial environment .
Nevertheless , this is a point for the future as the initial dilemma that companies are faced with requires them to change the times and incorporate electrified or other zero-emission formats into their fleets . Speaking of alternatives , battery-electric power may not be the only option .
The birth of the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle has only sparked questions around the use of the fuel , which , if managed correctly , could prove to be another alternative to fossil fuels with zero carbon emissions .
Hydrogen-powered vehicles can not only operate on lower quantities of richer hydrogen fuels , but they also allow combustion at lower temperatures . Hydrogen is lighter than conventional fuels and has an incredibly high gravimetric energy density – which , in layman ’ s terms , means it weighs a lot less .
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