A new hydrogen fuel station has opened for business at Sage Mill Industrial Park in South Carolina. The fueling station will be the first of its kind within thousands of miles, but it will soon have lots of company as officials unveiled the start of the South Carolina “Hydrogen Freeway.”

State leaders say the plan is to connect South Carolina to California with a stretch of hydrogen stations.

"There aren't a lot of hydrogen fueling stations today just like there weren't a lot of railroad tracks when the railroads started, but we are on the cutting edge of making those things happen," said Bobby Harrell, South Carolina Speaker of the House.

"A hydrogen fuel cell only puts out water and a little bit of heat and that's all you have," says Shannon Baxter-Clemmons of the South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance.

Hydrogen powered vehicles would completely eliminate pollution caused by exhaust from cars, but it does have its drawbacks. Currently, there are only a handful of hydrogen fuel stations in the country and just as few vehicles.

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