Quick Charge | hydrogen hype falls flat amid very public failures

On today's hyped up hydrogen episode of Quick Charge (youtube.com/@ElectrekDaily), we look at some of the fuel's recent failures and billion dollar bungles as the fuel cell crowd continues to lose the credibility race against a rapidly evolving battery electric market.

We're taking a look at some of the recent hydrogen failures of 2025 – including nine-figure product cancellations in the US and Korea, a series of simultaneous bus failures in Poland, and European executives, experts, and economists calling for EU governments to ditch hydrogen and focus on the deployment of a more widespread electric trucking infrastructure.

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• Another hydrogen fail as Renault subsidiary Hyvia struggles to survive (electrek.co/2025/02/15/another-hydrogen-fail-a…)

• Another L for H as every hydrogen bus in this European city fails at once (electrek.co/2025/03/04/another-l-for-h-as-ever…)

• It just gets worse for Nikola as massive hydrogen recall follows bankruptcy (electrek.co/2025/03/08/it-just-gets-worse-for-…)

• Nikola founder Trevor Milton pardoned after $1.8m bribe to Trump (Updated) (electrek.co/2025/03/28/trevor-milton-claims-he…)

• More hydrogen fails: Doosan, Air Products cancel over $1 billion in fuel cell deals (electrek.co/2025/04/03/more-hydrogen-fails-doo…)

• MAN CEO: “impossible” for hydrogen to compete with BEVs (electrek.co/2024/01/19/man-ceo-impossible-for-…)

• Mahle CEO Arnd Franz says hydrogen will fail without fossil fuels (electrek.co/2024/09/28/mahle-ceo-arnd-franz-sa…)

• Economists, experts call for governments to ditch hydrogen, go fully electric (electrek.co/2025/04/01/economists-experts-call…)

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