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China Defies Elon Musk’s Warnings and Pushes Ahead With Hydrogen
- Asia’s biggest economy wants to promote fuel cells for trucks
- Renewable energy investments should make hydrogen less costly
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Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has spent years mocking the idea of using hydrogen fuel cells rather than electric batteries to power next-generation green vehicles. “Fuel cells = fool sells,” the boss of the world’s top electric-car maker tweeted in June.
China, the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles, isn’t so quick to dismiss the alternative to batteries. Officials are promoting the development of hydrogen-powered cars, trucks and buses, with Beijing offering to reward cities that achieve adoption targets.