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(Runtime 1:00)Washington state wants to learn more about an old type of battery called pumped storage hydropower. Leaders are conducting a yearlong study…

The site of the last coal-fired power plant in Washington state will soon be home to proving grounds for a carbon-emissions free mining truck. The truck is a battery and hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle, developed by Seattle-based First Mode, and it's the largest emissions free vehicle in the world. Chris Voorhees, co-founder and chief product and technology officer at First Mode, said they’ve developed the technology to focus on decarbonizing the industry that provides the products that fuel our daily lives. Unlike other cleantech engineering focused on the consumer-end products like electric vehicles and solar panels, Voorhees said First Mode is looking at the opposite end of the supply chain.