Hydrogen car firm to take on electric rivals with open source pledge

James S Murray
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Designs for new car to be made freely available in attempt to accelerate the commercialisation of fuel cell vehicles

A UK manufacturer of hydrogen cars is aiming to wrest back the recent ascendancy enjoyed by electric car developers with a pledge to make the designs for its new prototype hydrogen vehicle freely available...

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