I'm not betting on it, except that California's zero emission standards may force car makers to
sell hydrogen cars since EVs aren't doing very well.
Not exact matches
Automakers began offering
hydrogen - powered
cars to American consumers last year, but only a handful have
sold, mainly because
hydrogen refueling stations are few and far between.
Honda leases a handful of Honda FCX Clarity
hydrogen - powered hybrids in California and
sells the Civic GX, the only mass - produced
car running on compressed natural gas.
Several
hydrogen fuel cell
cars were shown as well, including a version of the Mercedes - Benz GLC compact SUV; it also runs up to 30 miles on battery power in case the local service station isn't
selling hydrogen quite yet.
Even though Toyota is
selling plenty of hybrids, the automaker is also investing in
hydrogen fuel - cell technology as evidenced by its rollout of the Toyota Mirai fuel - cell
car in California.
Ballard — the Canadian fuel cell company that once hoped to be the Intel inside of the
hydrogen car revolution — has
sold off its automotive fuel cell business to Daimler and Ford.
Hyundai has said it intends to
sell more green
cars globally — meaning hybrids, battery - electrics, plug - in hybrids, and
hydrogen fuel - cell vehicles — than any other maker than Toyota by 2020.
:: New York Times Ballard in TreeHugger: Ballard Throws In The Towel on The
Hydrogen Car Fuel Cell Update Plug Power Passes 600 Fuel Cells
Sold Mark:
Right now, the focus seems to be primarily on battery electric vehicles, which require access to a charging station to «refuel,» but there's another type of electric
car that could show some promise down the road a ways, the
hydrogen fuel cell
car, and although the
hydrogen infrastructure is even less built - out than the EV charging network, one company thinks they've got a unique approach to the market, in that they don't even want to
sell you the
car.