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A road trip on the hydrogen highway
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:58:23
Publish Date: 2024-08-20 08:00:00
Description:

Today on the flagship podcast of hydrogen futures: 


The Verge’s William Poor, Andrew Marino, and Alex Parkin head to California to figure out why hydrogen fuel cell technology, once a super-promising successor to gasoline, lost out to battery electric cars. They also put the embattled tech to the test with a road trip across California’s “hydrogen highway.”


Further reading: 

  • Check out the interactive map of our trip here, and the video version of the story here.


  • Read Andrew Hawkins’ story about the future of hydrogen fuel cell tech here.


  • Read Justine Calma’s coverage of federal green hydrogen programs here.


  • Go deep into California zero emission transportation policy here.


Credits:

Fact Check by Jasmine Arielle Ting


Thanks to:

Bill Elrick, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership

Michael McCurdy, California State Library


Archival footage courtesy of Global ImageWorks, LLC


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