Hydron executives heard the message from fleets that have expressed interest in hydrogen fuel cells and highly autonomous vehicles. It’s why the emerging company plans to combine both offerings in a bid to design, produce, and sell a new lineup of trucks for the North American market.
Think of it as a belief that the whole will be better than the sum of its individual parts.
“Hydron was really born from some of the experiences we encountered in TuSimple,” says Toronto native and head of U.S. operations Jason Wallace. (Canadian entrepreneur Mo Chen played a founding role in both businesses, and Wallace led TuSimple’s marketing efforts.)
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Time and again, potential customers highlighted the need for factory-produced designs rather than retrofit equipment, Wallace explains, suggesting that retrofit options leave fleets managing what could…