'It explodes': Trump's latest rant against green energy falsely attacks 'hydrogen cars'

Former President Donald Trump said he opposed green energy Tuesday because hydrogen cars "explode."

During a speech in Savannah, Georgia, Trump lashed out at the green energy industry.

"We have the product for gasoline-powered cars under our feet and Hybrids, and we want to have electric cars," Trump said. "Hey, Elon Musk is great, right?"

"He makes an excellent car, an electric car, and he endorsed me at a level that you wouldn't believe," he continued. "But you have to have gasoline-powered cars, too. You have to have hybrids. You have to have everything."

The former president then issued a warning about hydrogen-fueled vehicles.

"You know, the new thing — and I'm sure Elon will get it if it's any good — got one little problem it explodes, hydrogen," Trump opined. "They say the new thing is hydrogen cars, but they're having a problem if it explodes you end up about seven blocks away. And you're dead."

"So personally, I don't know about you, but I'm gonna take a pass But maybe they'll figure it out," he added. "But right now I wouldn't recommend it."

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According to Car and Driver magazine, about 17,000 hydrogen cars are on the road in California, the only state to authorize their use.

"Normal service for a hydrogen car that doesn't involve the hydrogen tanks, the fuel-cell stack, or the plumbing that connects them is just like any other vehicle," the magazine stated. "But if any of those components have to be handled, the state of California has a set of rules to ensure any escaping hydrogen doesn't run the risk of an explosion."

In one case, however, Ukrainian forces were able to convert a Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle into a bomb.

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