In recent weeks, we have reported to you many times about cars that do not need fuel or electricity, as they are based on solar energy absorbed by panels spread on the roof of the vehicle and on the front part of the vehicle.
In addition to the fact that solar energy does not pollute both during the production of energy (unlike electricity) and during the use of energy, it should be remembered that it also has quite a few disadvantages: the charging time is quite long, and there is a huge dependence on the weather conditions in one country or another.
All of the above is of no interest to the American company Amogy from Brooklyn, which specializes in new sustainable technologies and is able to produce energy from ammonia, which is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3).
The technology developed by the company, which is actually the highlight of our business, allows the breakdown of ammonia into hydrogen, where this hydrogen eventually turns into electricity that can drive various means of transportation.
The company has already recently presented two successful experiments for the use of this energy, when it was able to fly a small drone (see the post above), and then even drive an electric tractor. Now it was only natural to move to the next and heaviest stage so far – a truck.
The company reports that, in regards to that truck, Amogy’s technology will enable a driving range that is five times higher than an equivalent Tesla electric truck, and a range up to three times that of trucks that will use a hydrogen-based fuel cell (which does not discharge ammonia, of course).
And this is not the end of the benefits: it turns out that the charging time of the aforementioned truck will last only about 8 minutes, which is an extraordinary saving in charging time, even compared to the most advanced electric vehicles.
Another advantage is related to energy costs: the energy density of ammonia is three times higher than that of hydrogen, which makes transportation and storage significantly cheaper compared to the same hydrogen.
The company states that due to the fact that ammonia is available in many parts of the world, the technology can also be applied in relation to agricultural machinery, ships and of course other heavy transport vehicles.
If we return to the matter of the truck, Amogy and its partners, the German engine manufacturer Man Energy Solutions and the Finnish technology company Wartsila, have finished testing the truck powered by ammonia technology in the laboratories of Stony Brook University in New York (see the video above), and the company is now ready to begin final tests on the roads.
The writer Shi Lev previously served as the editor-in-chief of the ONE website and since 2019 has been editing the motor area section of the website.
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