Who’s killing the fuel cell?

The race to market the first hydrogen fuel-cell car is speeding up, so why is General Motors slowing down? Andrew English reports from the driving seat of the new GM Sequel



Lutz blames the American government for GM’s disenchantment with its world-beating fuel cell. “The US government is dragging its feet over the hydrogen infrastructure,” he says, adding that GM remains committed to producing one million fuel-cell cars profitably – but that might be in China, for Chinese markets. “China is building loads of nuclear power stations,” he says, “and we know that nuclear can produce almost fossil-free hydrogen and the Chinese government is really keen to get involved.”

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