BMW is developing a hydrogen vehicle, but says it won’t come to the UK unless the government supports the development of a European-style hydrogen filling station network.
Whilst the Climate Change Committee in the UK has repeatedly stated that it sees no place for hydrogen in road transport, car makers such as BMW and Toyota believe this judgment is wrong.
Speaking at a ‘Hydrogen Summit’ organised by BMW on 6 June, David Wong, the head of technology and innovation at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), said: “We feel as an industry that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are complimentary to battery electric vehicles in heading towards one common direction, and that’s to decarbonise road transport and get us to Net Zero as a nation.
“We think hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are not the enemy to batteries. And battery-electric vehicles are not the enemy to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The common enemy is carbon and fossil fuels, and hydrogen fuel cells are zero-emission.
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