The project team, led by Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), built and deployed thirty (30) fuel cell electric trucks (FCETs) and a supporting hydrogen fueling station at the East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD) treatment plant, adjacent to the Port of Oakland.

The future of clean freight is arriving at the Port of Newark.Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) announced a $13 million award from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) to launch a groundbreaking hydrogen truck pilot. Working alongside project partners Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), Hyundai Motor America, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), Rutgers will deploy six hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks to serve drayage operations at one of the busiest container ports in the United States.

National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day, recognized on October 8th (for hydrogen's atomic weight of 1.008), highlights the growing role of hydrogen technology in transportation. At the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), we are focused on demonstrating and deploying fuel cell vehicles in medium-and heavy-duty applications across the US and Canada, proving that hydrogen as a transportation fuel is not just a concept for the future- but is economically and operationally viable today.

CTE joins the Port of Oakland in celebrating a $322 million grant from the EPA’s Clean Ports Program to drive a large-scale transition to zero-emissions port operations. This initiative, the largest federal grant for Bay Area emission reduction, is part of the transformative “Community Led, Business Supported, Proven and Ready to Go!” project, designed to eliminate virtually all diesel-powered equipment at the Port of Oakland, replacing it with advanced zero-emission technology.

CTE was awarded $2.5 million to develop and demonstrate two zero-emission fuel cell electric top loaders (FCETLs) and introduce zero-emission hydrogen wet-hose mobile refueling services (WHMR) at the Port of Oakland. This project builds on the success of a 2022 initiative led by CTE at the Port of Los Angeles, which first demonstrated the viability of FCETLs.

The purpose of this project was to accelerate the development and deployment of on-board fuel cell hybrid powered Class-8 heavy-duty freight vehicles to substantially increase the zero-emission driving range, thereby reducing petroleum consumption and related emissions, and increasing the viability of these electric drive vehicles. The project also aimed to determine the feasibility of 16-hour freight operation at port facilities by utilizing fuel cell and wireless-charging technology.

NorCAL ZERO project, a milestone in clean energy innovation supports Hyundai Motor's entry into the U.S. market for Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks