Hydrogen-fuel cell technology has been touted as a better zero-emissions solution, but component costs have been holding it back. Plastic Omnium executives offered a number of possible ways to bring those costs in line with battery electric vehicles.

The slump comes as the UK faces pressure not only from the pandemic, but also from a possible no-deal Brexit and a future ban on combustion-engine cars.

GM said it will move up the scheduled launches of some EVs and introduce at least 30 EVs globally by mid-decade, including 20 in North America.

The automaker’s transmission plant in Tianjin began output of the motor, codenamed APP310, which will first be used in the ID4, due next year.