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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles: UNSALABLE
« on: March 01, 2024, 04:34:01 am »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles: UNSALABLE
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 28, 2024

“I’ve been around automotive for a long time, but I’ve NEVER seen incentives that represent 90% of new vehicle price. For a Toyota, 10% is the most I’ve seen. Yet, this is exactly what’s happening for the Toyota Mirai.” (James Carter, below)

EVs compete against hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles–at least in California where some one hundred hydrogen dispensing stations are. The range and fill-time of HFCVs is quite competitive with EVs. But it is downhill from there–and a major mess for sellers and buyers. The California Energy Commission (remember Methanol?) has failed again.

Consultant James Carter on LinkedIn summarized a recent article in Jalopnik, by Logan Carter, Toyota Offers $40,000 Discount On A Car Most People Can’t Fuel Up.” His autopsy (verbatim):

https://www.masterresource.org/hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles/hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles-unsellable/
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