Nikola One Hydrogen Fuel Cell Class 8 Truck Revealed In Salt Lake City

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A local (Topeka, KS) Arbys converted a portion of its parking lot to a Tesla charging station. So the station isn't directly on the interstate...its near a fast food joint so people have something to do while they're charging. I once even found a website that listed the best places to find a restroom at each charging station. It sounds like this hydrogen company plans to use a similar business model, with the network of free fueling stations.

But a giant hydrogen tank might be too...umm...industrial to be placed next to an Arbys. We also have (in an industrial park next to a highway) a natural gas refueling station. Its self serve, like a cardlock station for truckers and unavailable to the general public. I suspect the hydrogen could be put next to the natural gas...heck, they could even make it on-site. I suspect that hydrogen can't be piped around, and would have to be trucked to each fueling station otherwise - yet another reason why I don't understand the appeal.

Quick note: while hydrogen can be produced by electricity, there is a steam conversion process (which I don't claim to fully understand) that actually converts NG to hydrogen...or rips away the H atoms and leaves something else, etc.