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Yesterday, Nanyang Daily, a newspaper of the Henan Municipal CPC Committee, reported a news on the front page, saying that the water-hydrogen engine was offline locally, the project was liked by the municipal party secretary, and the news received widespread advertising attention after it spread on the Internet. In the article, a reporter from Nanyang Daily mentioned a project recently landed in the city, saying, "the water in the car can produce hydrogen in real time, and the vehicle only needs to add water to drive." Later in the day, the local TV station broadcast the live report of the event on the Nanyang News broadcast.

In the report, Huo Haosheng, deputy secretary and mayor of Nanyang City, Henan Province, and Zhang Wenshen, secretary of Nanyang City Party Committee, participated in the research, inspected the progress of the construction of new energy vehicle projects on the spot, and experienced the ride in a sample car. Then praised "very good" and pointed out that the future of the project is bright, so we should strengthen our confidence and determination.

To the surprise of all parties, the news, which was originally only a small place, was reprinted and controversial by a number of Internet media. In recent years, the state has set up special support for new energy projects, and the breakthrough in this high-tech field is not only a unilateral matter of the automobile industry. The reason why this news caused controversy is that the original report pointed out that "you only need to add water truck to drive", which to a certain extent broke through the general understanding of physics.

It is understood that this project is a key project of cooperation between Youth Automobile and Nanyang local high-tech zone, as the world's first water-hydrogen fuel car was born in the youth car. The company claimed at the time that the water-hydrogen fuel car developed could have a range of more than 500km and the car could reach 1000 km. The roof of the youth water-hydrogen fuel vehicle is equipped with a water storage tank, and the special conversion setting in the car can convert the water into hydrogen, input it into the hydrogen fuel reactor, generate electricity, and then drive the car's motor and engine to make the car run.

After a day of fermenting the news, some netizens who reported and followed the news associated the news with last night's international crude oil. Coincidentally, crude oil prices in the international crude oil futures market plummeted 5% last night. Some netizens even pointed out:

After facing multi-party pressure, the media contacted the relevant local departments for the specific details of the project, and a staff member of the Nanyang Transportation Bureau replied: impossible. In the face of more and more media interviews, the local authorities took further measures. When the media interviewed the news again this morning, the media said that "they are having a meeting and reply with a unified voice."

On the other hand, Pang Qingqing, chairman of the Youth Automobile Group, also appeared to respond to the hot incident: the water-hydrogen fuel vehicle technology has matured and will not delay the progress of the Nanyang project, claiming that "the facts are here and are not made up."

"it's fake," said Guan Bin, an associate professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University. This is just a gimmick. The so-called "water-hydrogen engine" is actually "hydrogen fuel cell". Hydrogen fuel cell is powered by hydrogen, which can not be driven by anyone who adds water. It also involves a series of physical and chemical complex reactions. At present, this technology is well used in Japan, but it has not yet entered the practical stage in China.

On August 21, 2017, China truck Network posted a text message entitled "you can run if you add water!" The world's first water-hydrogen fuel vehicle was born in youth, "the article said." on August 21, 2017, "China truck Network reporter witnessed the world's first water-hydrogen fuel cell truck slowly emerging from the youth car, taking the lead in realizing the ultimate dream of the car."

According to an enforcement order issued by the Hangzhou Intermediate people's Court in Zhejiang Province in September 2017, Hangzhou Youth Motor, the person subject to execution, has entered bankruptcy proceedings. According to the Industrial and Commercial Information system, the Youth Automobile Group has been listed as an enforceable enterprise by the court, and Pang Qingqing himself has been listed by the court as an executor of dishonesty (commonly known as Lao Lai), as well as as a consumer restriction person.

In 2017, Pang Qingqing, founder of Youth Automobile, leveraged the acquisition of Swedish car Saab's car-building project to pry the coal resource target rationed by the local government to attract investment and resell it at a high price. Later, the acquisition case failed, and the police filed an investigation against the youth group on suspicion of fraud, based on fictional facts and concealment of the truth.

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