PRAGUE -- The use of hydrogen is a viable alternative to battery-powered vehicles in the race to reduce vehicle emissions, but industry observers acknowledge that much more needs to be done in building infrastructure, educating consumers and governments, and maturing the technology.
At Automotive News Europe's congress in Prague on Thursday, Guido Dumarey, CEO of Punch, Joanna Richart, Ricardo's head of hydrogen business, strategy and innovation, and Mónica Pérez Lobo, Toyota Motor Europe's vice president of corporate affairs and sustainability, discussed how hydrogen will be an important piece of a larger portfolio of solutions that include battery powered vehicles.
"The challenge we are facing is huge, and we need to have all the innovation and technologies we can use to achieve the target to become carbon neutral," Lobo said.