Fraunhofer ISI paper gives competitive edge to battery-electric over hydrogen in decarbonising road transport
By Bradley Osborne - 7th March 2022
Germany / UK – A paper published in Nature Electronics, an academic journal which is part of the Nature Portfolio printed by Springer Nature Ltd of London, UK, argues that swift technical and economic developments favouring battery-electric vehicles and related infrastructure could soon render fuel-cell electric vehicles “superfluous” in road transport, including long-distance and heavy-duty applications.
“Hydrogen technology is unlikely to play a major role in sustainable road transport” is a paper authored by Dr Patrick Plötz, a member of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (“Fraunhofer ISI”) of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Plötz argues that, while hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels will play a vital role in decarbonising industry, shipping, and aviation, the focus in passenger and freight transport should be squarely on battery-electric drivelines.
