Many companies and truck manufacturers have adopted electric technology to power their fleets. However, this technology has important drawbacks in this area, who are willing to save money with the presence of Project ICEBreaker, a sophisticated ‘0 emissions’ truck that will be developed by companies like Viritech, Intelligent Energy, and Horiba Mira.

Between these three giants they have created this sensational Project ICEBreaker, a truck able to improve the performance and efficiency of electric trucksadopt hydrogen as fuel.

Achieving this solution as a pure electric alternative was very easy for the creators of the ICEBreaker Project. And electric trucks have problems that go beyond autonomy and recharging times. So much so that the main ‘ballast’ is none other than the weight of the battery, because They confirmed that a 44-ton electric truck would need a five-ton battery to provide decent autonomy on the road. And this component forced us to reduce the load by 20%, which, if calculated, means a loss of revenue of 40,000 pounds (around 46,600 euros) per year.

The ICEBraker project will begin its testing phase in 2024

Making the ICEBreaker Project a reality is not an easy task, but this group of companies will use all their knowledge to make it happen. Mainly because they claim it is In the UK there are more than 500,000 heavy goods vehicles on the roads and produce 19% of the pollution emissions produced by the country’s transport sector.. They say that this is a ‘disproportionate’ amount that must be minimized as soon as possible and when heavy vehicles using alternative energy start to arrive, such as hydrogen.

Viritech, Smart Energy and Horiba Mira They hope that the ICEBraker Project prototype will be ready to start the testing phase by the end of 2024.. Meanwhile, we have to be satisfied with one image of this hydrogen-powered truck which has an aerodynamic appearance thanks to its round-shaped cabin and digital rear-view mirror. It also comes with a trailer with different aerodynamic enhancements, but in this case it doesn’t have a faired rear wheel. Details we’ve seen in other projects.

Nothing else is known about the mechanics behind Project ICEBraker, but the company has confirmed that their goal is to ‘radically improve the mechanical efficiency of hydrogen to offer lighter, more efficient and zero-emission 44-ton heavy trucks.’ It is also known that Viritech will be the person who develops software for energy management, while Intelligent Energy will handle the fuel cells. Meanwhile, Horiba Mira will contribute her experience in engineering, system integration, optimization, validation and certification to implement the project which will start next month and will be funded by the UK Advanced Propulsion Center.