
14/07/2025
It’s an open-and-shut case at this point: Electric vehicles are cleaner over their lifetimes than combustion cars. But how do hydrogen-powered cars stack up? Not great—and it all comes down to how hydrogen is made.
“This highlights that FCEVs only provide an emissions benefit comparable to BEVs when using solely renewable electricity-based hydrogen, which is currently not produced and available at scale in Europe,” the International Council on Clean Transportation said. “In contrast, BEVs show high emissions reduction potential already when driving on the average grid mix.”