Shanghai, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and Guangdong province have all been approved to participate in a state-run demonstration program for fuel-cell vehicles, as the country ramps up the commercialization of hydrogen-powered automobiles.
The main goal of the program is to conduct large-scale promotion of hydrogen-powered vehicles as well as achieve breakthroughs in the research and development of eight core technologies for these cars.
The breakthrough won’t be easy as China’s success in the electric vehicle industry chain cannot simply be replicated in the hydrogen sector.