Aug 25
My fear about hydrogen cars has truly been realized…
…with the first US crossing ending up on a trailer.
The cars on the tour across the US involved cars from Honda, GM, Toyota, Ford, BMW, Daimler, Hyundai, Nissan and Volkswagen…almost all of the major car companies. Really, besides showing off the technology, the tour was meant to show the need for hydrogen fueling stations around the country, and I guess they proved their point. Although, I’m not sure that is the best way to promote your hydrogen cars is to show how they run out of fuel on a long trip.
Right now, there are only 60 hydrogen refueling stations around the country, and only two of those are open to the public without prior arrangements. With the still high cost of producing hydrogen fuel now, and the slow acceptance of the public to use (estimate are only 2 million vehicles by the year 2020), maybe the car companies should focus on the electric cars until they can lower costs and increase production.
Retrieved from -Reuters-
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