9 April 2025 | Macchine Motori

The future of road freight transport: the study

9 April 202515 May 2025 Redazione

The German institute Fraunhofer ISI in Karlsruhe, tasked with investigating the societal impacts of innovation, has published a study on the future of road freight transport. The institute developed a forecast for 2030 based on current growth rates in traffic volume and analyzed the most frequently used routes across Europe, identifying 20,000 potential locations for truck charging stations. .Taking into account current driving time regulations for truck drivers and assuming that each truck has a minimum range of 400 kilometers, the institute optimized the charging network. The analysis concluded that…

Engines, hydrogen takes flight

9 April 202515 May 2025 Redazione

In the aerospace sector, the decarbonization of propulsion systems is increasingly turning toward hydrogen as a viable alternative fuel for thermal engines. While this approach presents several engineering challenges, it offers the potential to match the performance and range of conventional fossil fuel-powered engines In recent years, the aviation industry has significantly accelerated the development of hydrogen-based propulsion technologies, aiming to replace fossil-derived fuels in thermal engines. Although hydrogen is often associated with electrified propulsion through fuel cells, its use as a direct combustion fuel offers a major advantage: the…