Gus Block is a director and founding employee of Nuvera Fuel Cells, a company established in 2000 to provide hydrogen and fuel cell solutions for commercial vehicles and equipment
Key topics in this conversation include
- How the fuel cell industry has evolved over the past 20+ years
- Why decarbonization of shipping ports is so important
- How fuel cells could play a valuable role in cleaning up port equipment
- The best off-highway uses for hydrogen fuel cells
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Links
- Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/gusblock
- Gus’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gusblock/
- Nuvera website: https://www.nuvera.com/
Gus’s Bio:
Gus Block is a director and founding employee of Nuvera Fuel Cells, a company established in 2000 to provide hydrogen and fuel cell solutions for commercial vehicles and equipment. His focus at Nuvera is on eliminating the barriers to fuel cell adoption primarily for medium- and heavy-duty motive applications currently powered by diesel.
Gus serves on the governor’s Zero Emissions Vehicle Commission in Massachusetts, and is chair of the Communications and Marketing Committee of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association.
Gus earned a mechanical engineering degree from The Cooper Union, and studied philosophy at Brandeis University. As a Fulbright fellow, Gus built a wind-powered electrolyzer in Sri Lanka. He also taught boatbuilding as part of a United Nations initiative for two years in the Maldive islands.
About Nuvera
A leading provider of fuel cell solutions for both on- and off-road motive applications, Nuvera is at the center of the hydrogen-powered clean transportation revolution. Nuvera provides products and applications support to enable e-mobility for commercial vehicles, and helps OEMs get reliable and durable fuel cell vehicles to market quickly with fuel cell engines designed for ease of integration.
Nuvera® E-45 and E-60 Fuel Cell Engines power vehicles such as buses, trucks, and container handling, and non-road equipment for ground support, mining, agriculture and construction. Nuvera sells and services fuel cell engines and components globally.
Future of Mobility:
The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields.