Sustainable Power hydrogen on demand system raises Ford F350 mileage to 40 mpg in test

In Texas, Sustainable Power announced that in a three-month test conducted in the Dominican Republic, a Ford F350 hydrogen on demand system averaged of 40 miles per gallon, compared to a previous 8 mpg average with conventional fuels. Sustainable Power produces power and hydrogen as outputs from its biomass-based thermochemical conversion process.

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