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61 AutoData | December 2018 IT LOOKS LIKE A SKATEBOARD BUT IT IS CHASSIS Technology powered by hydrogen cell for trucks can reach autonomy of up to eigh hundred kilometers - petitor regarding the projects that use the electric networks as energy source. The technology has considerably evolved since the first applications of the fuel cell from the H2 molecule, both from the safe- ty and the ease of obtaining this resource point of view. This way, hydrogen could be the first fuel of the so-called circular economy because it is obtained locally and does not impact the environment in its use cycle - it can be produced from renewable resources such as biomethane or from wind and solar power plants to Divulgação/FPT matrix, the most efficient source in terms of supply and capacity to achieve zero emissions until now. This is the vision a good part of the automotive industry. Inverting the logic of focusing on the product, the engines in this case, for the environment which is where the vehicles are used (in particular the ones used for heavywork) the possibility of more versa- tile solutions appears. They are concepts capable of using other energy sources which their offer in certain places is capa- ble of presenting a viable cost equation for the operators. In Brazil, the natural gas and hydro- gen cell emerge as candidates to occupy prominent positions. The first can reduce CO2 emissions by 10%. It is a relatively abundant matrix in several regions and does not require large investments to ex- pand its distribution chain, including in remote locations such as farms and ore exploration zones: it should be part of the transition technologies for zero carbon scenario. be applied in motors of great power and torque as well. But if it was already available in the market, the engine powered by hydro- gen fuel cell (which uses electric power to move the vehicles) would be unfea- sible compared to the traditional diesel engines: the bill would be 400% more expensive. On the other hand, the price to genera- te electricity from the hydrogen molecule