BMW and Toyota Plans to Lead Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Commercial Viability

BMW and Toyota Plan to Lead Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Commercial Viability

hybridcars.com 02 Jul '12, 2pm

BMW and Toyota Plans to Lead Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Commercial Viability

Well I am amazed at how successful Fuel Cell development has been. Throwing enough government money at it has produced good results. However I still think this is a flop as it is a race between FCVs and BEVs. BEVs will always be cheaper to run and have the very attractive feature of being charged from home. FCVs will keep you going to the oil companies for your fill-up. For short trips around town the BEV is a clear winner. For longer trips the FCV has the appeal of faster fill-up. But how often, and how fast, does it have to be? Lets turn that around and say how fast does charging up your battery have to be. Right now the top line Model S can go 250 to 300 miles on a charge and takes 4 hours to fill. No one wants to wait 4 hours during a long trip, but other high power chargers are available for LEAF, i-MiEV etc. that could reduce this to about 30 minutes. 30 minutes is a...

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