Is California’s hydrogen highway a failed experiment?

By Jackeline Luna

and Maggie Beidelman

Aug. 10, 2021 3 AM PT

California expected its network of hydrogen car fueling stations to extend coast to coast. But as battery-powered cars such as Teslas have begun to flood the green vehicle market, the makers of hydrogen fuel cell cars are struggling to lure drivers.

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Jackeline Luna is a former senior producer for video series. Before joining the Los Angeles Times, she interned for Politico, ABC7 and the Mercury News. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a master’s in journalism in May 2018.

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