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CentralMass

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2. Does anyone have the cost per mile for any of these hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles ?

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 05:24 AM

Nov 2014

I think these vehicles are marketing hype at this point.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1083046_hydrogen-fuel-cell-cars-not-viable-says-volkswagen-ceo

The few available refueling stations for these vehicle that produce and compress the hydrogen using electricity are not actually charging a real cost for the hydrogen.

The carbon footprint for using the electricity to charge a battery powered electrical vehicle is considerably better then using it to produce hydrogen using electrolysis and then compressing it under high pressure for filling vehicle storage tanks.

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