Reply #7: I think you’ll see the cost of FCEV’s below BEV’s in a few years

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http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fcv_benefits.shtml

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The chart below shows the GHGs generated by various vehicle types and considers all steps of the energy chain from fuel extraction or production to use by the vehicle, not just tailpipe emissions. Even when accounting for the GHGs emitted during hydrogen production, conventional gasoline vehicles generate roughly 2 to 10 times more GHGs per mile than FCVs.

Well-to-Wheels Greenhouse Gases Emissions for Future Mid-Size Car, 2035–2045

(grams of CO₂-equivalent per mile)

U.S. Department of Energy. 2010. http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/10001_well_to_wheels_gge_petroleum_use.pdf">Well-to-Wheels Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Petroleum Use for Mid-Size Light Duty Vehicles. Hydrogen Program Record #10001.

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Fuel cell system costs have decreased significantly over the past several years and are nearing DOE's cost goal for 2015.

Onboard hydrogen storage cost targets are currently being re-assessed by DOE.

Source: USDOE, http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/program_records.html">Hydrogen Program: Program Records 5005, 8002, 8019, 9012, and 10004.…

To add to the potential range of a BEV, you need a larger/heavier battery, which means you need a beefier suspension, and a more powerful motor to move all of that mass.

To add to the potential range of a FCEV, you essentially need a larger tank.



Why do people opt for gasoline ICE cars over battery-electric cars today, even though the gasoline/ICE car is more expensive to drive per mile?