Daimler CEO just dropped some pretty WILD pro-hydrogen claims [update]
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/hydrogen_semi.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Daimler Truck AG CEO Karin Rådström hopped on LinkedIn today and dropped some absolutely wild pro-hydrogen talking points, using words like “emotional” and “inspiring” while making some pretty heady claims about the viability and economics of hydrogen. The rant is doubly embarrassing for another reason: <strong>the company’s hydrogen trucks are more than 100 <em>million</em> miles behind Volvo’s electric semis</strong>.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE 14MAR26</strong>: <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/14/workhorse-groups-electric-van-fleet-hits-the-20-million-mile-mark/">tiny Workhorse pulls 20 MILLION miles ahead of mighty Daimler</a>.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/14/daimler-ceo-just-dropped-some-pretty-wild-pro-hydrogen-claims/#more-436665">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/hydrogen_semi.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Daimler Truck AG CEO Karin Rådström hopped on LinkedIn today and dropped some absolutely wild pro-hydrogen talking points, using words like “emotional” and “inspiring” while making some pretty heady claims about the viability and economics of hydrogen. The rant is doubly embarrassing for another reason: <strong>the company’s hydrogen trucks are more than 100 <em>million</em> miles behind Volvo’s electric semis</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 14MAR26</strong>: <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/14/workhorse-groups-electric-van-fleet-hits-the-20-million-mile-mark/">tiny Workhorse pulls 20 MILLION miles ahead of mighty Daimler</a>.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/14/daimler-ceo-just-dropped-some-pretty-wild-pro-hydrogen-claims/#more-436665">more…</a>