Focus topics


Feature
•

Hydrogen will power cars in the future

SAIC’s Maxus Euniq 7 at a technology fair in Shanghai: state-owned enterprises discover the fuel cell.
When it comes to EVs, China not only wants to rely on batteries, but also on fuel cells. For a long time, hydrogen mobility was considered useful only for trucks in China due to the complex fuel tanks. But now, the first Chinese fuel cell car is going into series production. Chinese manufacturers could beat the German competition to the punch here, too.
By
Frank Sieren
Image of Frank Sieren

In the middle of the worst lockdown month of April, Changan Automobile has begun manufacturing the first Chinese hydrogen car. What is happening in Chongqing, a city with 32 million people in western China, has so far only been achieved on a small scale by Toyota in Japan and Hyundai in South Korea. The car, running under the code “C385,” will be marketed under the “Changan Automobile DeepBlue” brand. Changan is the fourth-largest state-owned car manufacturer.

Continue reading now

… and get free access to this Professional Briefing for a month.

Continue free reading

Are you already a guest at the China.Table? Log in now

Related

    ‘Politicians’ visits to Taiwan are parts of a larger theater play’
    Foreign countries are courting Xi
    Beijing wants to play neutral role in the Middle East
    Demands of Chinese tourists have changed
Be our guest at the China.Table. Try it for free now, no automatic renewal.
Try it for free