On November 11, at the 2026 6th Global Hydrogen Energy Forum, Zheng Xianling, a strategic advisor to CIMC Group's president, pointed out that the decline of fuel cell vehicles did not mean that hydrogen energy logic failed. Hydrogen energy is not a replacement for lithium batteries, but rather an answer to some of the problems that lithium batteries cannot solve. Jung Hyun-ling said that the driving force for hydrogen energy development has not changed, that is, getting rid of heavy dependence on scarce metals and getting rid of the linear path of “mining, waste, and pollution.” Currently, the battlefield of hydrogen energy development is shifting from “vehicle-side competition” to “industrial decarbonization+ long-term energy storage+ green molecules”. She stressed that although the transportation side is being overrun by lithium voltage, this does not mean that the energy side and the chemical side are unresolved; on the contrary, green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green alcohol are taking over, becoming essential options for industries that are difficult to reduce emissions.

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago
On November 11, at the 2026 6th Global Hydrogen Energy Forum, Zheng Xianling, a strategic advisor to CIMC Group's president, pointed out that the decline of fuel cell vehicles did not mean that hydrogen energy logic failed. Hydrogen energy is not a replacement for lithium batteries, but rather an answer to some of the problems that lithium batteries cannot solve. Jung Hyun-ling said that the driving force for hydrogen energy development has not changed, that is, getting rid of heavy dependence on scarce metals and getting rid of the linear path of “mining, waste, and pollution.” Currently, the battlefield of hydrogen energy development is shifting from “vehicle-side competition” to “industrial decarbonization+ long-term energy storage+ green molecules”. She stressed that although the transportation side is being overrun by lithium voltage, this does not mean that the energy side and the chemical side are unresolved; on the contrary, green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green alcohol are taking over, becoming essential options for industries that are difficult to reduce emissions.