Hydrogen Combustion Engine: India’s first hydrogen combustion engine tech for heavy-duty trucks unveiled by RIL

Reliance Industries on Monday unveiled India’s first Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine technology solution for heavy duty trucks, a company release said.

According to Reliance, it is a “unique and affordable”, indigenously developed technology solution that could redefine the future of green mobility.

RIL and its vehicle partner Ashok Leyland, along with a few other partners, together developed the technology under its Net carbon Zero vison. The first engines run with this tech was tested in early 2022.

This technology was flagged off by PM Modi at the India Energy Week in Bengaluru.

Emission levels of Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2ICE)-powered trucks are near zero, the release said. It can deliver “performance on par with conventional diesel trucks and reduce noise and with projected reductions in operating costs thus redefining the future of Green Mobility,” it added.

As per the company, going forward, Reliance will first extensively test and validate the H2ICE technology for heavy duty trucks before its first commercial deployment at scale initially across its captive fleet.

The company is also simultaneously pursuing the opportunity to create an end-to-end Hydrogen eco system for mobility, it said.