Rajendra Petkar, President and CTO, Tata MotorsQ: It seems Tata Motors is making its bets on gaseous fuels in its journey to carbon neutrality. What role will hydrogen play in it?There are three ways in which you can use hydrogen. One of them is blending with CNG (H-CNG). Though 18% blend is permissible, hydrogen is not available. Technically permissible, and it’s possible to use. The second is burning hydrogen in the IC engine. And the third is the hydrogen fuel cell.Q: In terms of your technology maturity, which of the technology forms are closer to market at Tata Motors?Today hydrogen is not available, but if you say hydrogen is going to be available in 2025 we’ll be ready. Show us the roadmap, and then we will be there. Q: You’ll be ready with all the three options? Yes.Q: For efficiency, if I am not wrong, hot hydrogen technology doesn’t match the fuel cell technology. But the…
