In a bid to start decarbonization 'at the source'. 🧐
The enormous hydrogen fuel cell and lithium-ion battery powerplant that powers the truck was designed anda creative engineering company based in Seattle, whose mission is to help the world transition to cleaner solutions.
In an interview with IE, First Mode CEO Chris Voorhees said"one of the big projects that we've been working on is the decarbonization of mining activities."Paradoxically, mining, with its poor environmental track record, will be vital in the fight against climate change.
"And so from a standpoint of decarbonization, you need to start at the source. If you cannot get material in a sustainable way and in a zero-emission fashion, then to some extent it's fruit from a poison tree," Voorhees explained, referring to electric vehicles that require materials that are sometimes mined unethically or in a way that is damaging to the environment.
The truck is as tall as a three-story building and weighs 200 tons when it's empty and it can carry a further 290 tons of mining materials.