Mercedes-Benz’s Daimler Truck is testing a prototype Unimog with a hybrid hydrogen combustion and diesel engine, which will be used to test grass-mowing attachments.
Here are some key points:
- Battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains may not always make sense for some construction machinery, according to the automaker.
- The prototype Unimog uses a hydrogen combustion engine from Keyou along with a traditional diesel engine.
- The technology of using hydrogen as a fuel source for internal combustion engines has not disappeared entirely, even with the rise of battery-electric powertrains.
- Mercedes-Benz’s Unimog prototype is part of a publicly funded WaVe project by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
- The project aims to discover if a hydrogen-powered combustion engine can perform the tasks of a diesel engine working as a multi-power distributor, as Unimogs use their engines to power their attachments.