18 YEARS DRIVING IN THE SLOW LANE

 

THE HYDROGEN HIGHWAY

 Then California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger gives the thumbs-up as he uses a hydrogen fuel pump to fill a Toyota fuel cell vehicle in Davis, California in 2004. 

Despite all the buzz, prototypes and pilot projects over the years the hydrogen push has failed to produce a stampede of buyers for these vehicles, let alone a proliferation of corner hydrogen fuel stores across North America. 

As revolutions go, the hydrogen revolution has paced at a slow burn, but that doesn’t mean change isn’t coming.

 The Financial Post’s Joe O’Connor has the story on the dream of the hydrogen highway . Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images