General Motors ends development of hydrogen fuel cells

In a bulletin on Friday, GM said Announce It will end its HYDROTEC brand’s work on developing hydrogen fuel cells. Instead, GM will focus its R&D efforts on batteries, charging technologies and electric vehicles. The company said it will continue its fuel cell system manufacturing joint venture with Honda, which creates cells for data centers and… Power generation.

The publication from GM said that due to limited infrastructure and high costs, hydrogen cells simply have not been launched in consumer vehicles. Recently, the auto industry seems to agree. GM’s shift follows a similar move in February from Toyota, which didn’t completely give up the ghost but instead gave up the ghost Centered Its hydrogen cell projects focus on industrial rather than consumer applications.