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Great Wall Bets on Hydrogen, Will Use to Power New SUV

  • Carmaker will also use hydrogen cars at 2022 Winter Olympics
  • Musk has famously called hydrogen cars mind-boggingly stupid
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Great Wall Motor Co., China’s biggest maker of sport-utility vehicles, plans to roll out its first hydrogen-powered SUV this year.

The company will also deploy its hydrogen-powered cars during the Winter Olympics in China next year, Zhang Tianyu, head of FTXT Energy Technology Co., a Great Wall subsidiary, said in the city of Baoding on Monday during a media briefing to outline the automaker’s hydrogen strategy.