Across China: Hydrogen energy fuels China's green shift - Xinhua

Across China: Hydrogen energy fuels China's green shift

Xinhua | huaxia | 2025-08-08

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Placed in an exhibition hall of a Beijing industrial park is a model of a hydrogen fuel cell truck. Its cabin contains a mini-washing machine and a sink, and the drivers can reuse water generated by the operation of the vehicle-mounted hydrogen fuel cell to wash their clothes and hands.

This heavy-duty tractor, named H49, is developed by Hybot, a tech firm focusing on hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicle solutions, based in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong Province. "Its fuel costs are even lower than diesel trucks," Sun Ying, CEO of Hybot, told Xinhua.

A road test on an expressway running through the plains of central China's Hubei Province revealed that the fuel costs of a fully-loaded H49 truck were about 2.14 yuan (roughly 0.3 U.S. dollars) per kilometer, lower than the average cost of 2.31 yuan for diesel trucks under the same conditions, according to Sun.

After mass production, costs could be further reduced, Sun added.

Hydrogen energy is a green and low-carbon secondary energy source with various sources and widespread applications. According to the National Energy Administration (NEA), China sees hydrogen energy as a vital component of the future national energy system and an emerging sector with strategic importance...more
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