Solving the Hydrogen/EV Chicken-and-Egg Problem

HydroCharge™: The Missing Link in Zero-Emission Fleet Adoption

For years, the ecosystem behind electrification has faced an all too familiar bind.

Fleet operators interested in fuel cell electric vehicles and equipment have been waiting for hydrogen infrastructure and widespread hydrogen fueling availability before committing to adoption. Meanwhile, hydrogen producers have been reluctant to invest in large-scale infrastructure without clear, committed demand from fleets.

No demand without infrastructure.
No infrastructure without demand.

This chicken-and-egg problem has slowed progress across the industry, even as fleet operators, OEMs, ports, and others face mounting pressure to both meet zero-emissions mandates and solve for an escalation in charging needs.

At the same time, battery-powered electric vehicle (BEV) fleets are scaling. But their expansion is facing a different bind: the grid itself.

In many regions, utilities are unable to provide the high-capacity power needed to support commercial fast charging at scale, leading to multi-year delays, high capital costs, operational downtime, and throughput constraints. Similarly, existing charging equipment is slow, cumbersome, and is often the pain point in fleet charging capacity.

Zero-emission adoption is advancing, but not fast enough to meet fleet productivity needs or decarbonization goals. HydroCharge™ is designed to change this dynamic.

Using Today's Hydrogen to Power Today's EV Fleets

Rather than waiting for the hydrogen power ecosystem to mature, HydroCharge makes hydrogen immediately useful and valuable by applying it where electrification demand already exists: BEV charging. It leverages hydrogen that is already being produced today and converts it into mobile, zero-emission fast charging power through Nuvera's fuel cell technology.

With more than 30 years of experience in the fuel cell and hydrogen industry, Nuvera has built a strong network of partnerships to support hydrogen supply. We work directly and closely with customers-especially in key states where competitively priced hydrogen supply is already available-to ensure reliable access to fuel, paired with our HydroCharge equipment. By leveraging established supply chains and trusted partners, Nuvera provides a streamlined pathway for sourcing, delivery, and scalable hydrogen power solutions.

This approach delivers powerful advantages. By positioning hydrogen as a fleet enabler, not just a "fuel of the future," HydroCharge turns the hydrogen scaling problem into a hydrogen scaling catalyst.

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Proven Solution for High-Throughput Operations

This isn't a theoretical solution-it's working today.

Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) yards, where high volumes of new EVs must be staged and transported quickly, have been a successful proving ground. They require continuous mobile fast charging across a high-density flow operation for smooth transitions from production plant to outbound transport. Traditional fixed charging stations, however, often cannot support the required throughput, especially when grid upgrades are years away.

HydroCharge provides:

• 3-4x increase in EV throughput compared to fixed or slow-charging solutions
• Grid-independent, scalable deployment to meet surging EV demand-fast
• Efficient operations by bringing power directly to the vehicle
• Zero-emission charging for zero-emission vehicles at competitive costs
• High power output, fast refueling, and long operational duration enabled by hydrogen fuel cells

By linking hydrogen supply to immediate BEV charging needs, HydroCharge creates the virtuous cycle the industry has been waiting for.

More EVs → More Hydrogen Demand → More Hydrogen Production → More EV Fleet Options

The chicken-and-egg problem doesn't need to be solved later. We're solving it now.

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