Hopium CEO on the New Hydrogen-Powered Machina

Olivier Lombard, CEO of Hopium, discusses the potential of hydrogen technology as a sustainable solution for future mobility. He highlights the challenges of scaling hydrogen technology and the need for infrastructure development. Lombard emphasizes the political will and investment required to support hydrogen alongside electric vehicles. The conversation also covers the importance of producing green hydrogen to ensure environmental benefits.

Why does Olivier Lombard believe hydrogen is a better solution than electric vehicles?

• Hydrogen is more sustainable than electric vehicles.

• Hydrogen vehicles are cheaper to produce.

• Hydrogen technology is easier to scale up.

• Hydrogen vehicles have a longer range.

What is a major challenge in adopting hydrogen vehicles according to Olivier?

• High production costs

• Complex vehicle design

• Limited hydrogen infrastructure

• Lack of consumer interest

What is Olivier's perspective on the role of governments in developing hydrogen infrastructure?

• Governments are investing in both EV and hydrogen solutions.

• Governments are not interested in hydrogen technology.

• Governments should leave infrastructure development to private companies.

• Governments should focus only on electric vehicles.

What is a key factor for hydrogen vehicles to be considered truly green?

• Increasing the speed of hydrogen vehicles

• Reducing the cost of hydrogen fuel

• Using renewable energy for hydrogen production

• Improving the design of hydrogen fuel cells

What is the projected growth of green hydrogen in the next 5 to 10 years?

• It will decrease due to high costs.

• It will be replaced by electric solutions.

• It will grow to 10-30%.

• It will remain at 2-5%.