While U.S. trucking companies were still running pilot programs and filing memoranda of understanding, a laundry-detergent company in Riyadh quietly put the world's first commercial self-driving hydrogen heavy truck on an active freight route. That gap tells you nearly everything about where the hydrogen economy is heading and who is being left behind. On June 4, 2026, Saudi Arabia's Transport General Authority announced the launch of the Kingdom's first hydrogen-powered heav