Why is there very little hydrogen cars on the road?

Question

I've been hearing about hydrogen cars since 2005, but why are there very little hydrogen filling stations and hydrogen cars

Answer 1

You answered your own question, there aren't enough hydrogen fueling stations to support them at this time. Same issues with CNG and Propane powered vehicles.

Answer 2

This is a classic case of which came first the chicken or the egg.

There have to be more hydrogen filling stations to have more hydrogen cars. There have to be more hydrogen cars to make hydrogen filling stations worthwhile.It is all about money and profits.

Answer 3

1. Hydrogen has to be manufactured - its not available as an element on its own anywhere in the world. That manufacture is so energy (electricity) intensive that - if you have that much electrical energy available - running the car on electricity makes more sense.

2. Hydrogen derived from the electrolysis of water produces hydrogen and oxygen. This is a dangerous mix to compress and store onboard, so 'on demand' systems have been proposed. Again, the energy required to produce the hydrogen is better used directly in an electric motor.

3. Production of bulk hydrogen has not reached any directly commercially viable stage. Individual hydrogen storage batteries are the nearest we get to this. Buying compressed hydrogen cylinders from gas retailers will cost WAY more than LPG, ethanol or petroleum.

In short, your question is equvalent to "what's wrong with the hydrogen economy?" - the answer is that there isnt a viable one!  

Answer 4

there is little hydrogen cars because hydrogen pollutes the air faster that's way gas stations don't have many hydrogen cars maybe  in the future there is going to be none not even gasoline maybe something better and less expensive and less pollution

Answer 5

people don't really know this, but the byproduct of hydrogen i water. and it we use hydrogen cars, water might not keep its volatile state. Water vapor traps even more heat than greenhouse gases.

Answer 6

Hydrogen is a highly dangerous flammable gas, and producing it is neither cheap nor environmentally friendly. When, and if, technology is able overcome the problems of commercial hydrogen production, then we will soon see an escalation in hydrogen car production and the filling stations to supply them.

Answer 7

I think the fuel companies are to blame, you must remember that if they allowed hydrogen fuel technology to expand they would not sell any petrol, only oil, so they would loose money! and have you ever heard of a fuel company loosing money! I haven't. Have a great day!    A wife said to her husband "Take me out somewhere expensive" So  he took her to a servo!

Answer 8

Economics - if it was economically feasible, there would be more hydrogen cars on the road.

Answer 9

The bigger problem is that there is a problem producing large amounts of hydrogen.  Beyond that, it takes a lot of money to cross over gas stations on mass to switch to a hydrogen economy.  

Answer 10

It is a very dangerous fuel. It will leak through most hoses. It would be like driving a bomb around ,waiting for the first crash.

Answer 11

Hydrogen cars requires hydrogen as fuel which is easy to make but difficult to store, it takes 3 times more space to store hydrogen for same amount of energy given by petrol. It requires very low temperature for liquifying and storine, moreever its volatile and explosive. It is very expensive to store hydrogen and also risky. So until the whole system is changed to use hydrogen and is produced in large scale it is not economic.

The better option is hybrid vehicle (running both on petrol and hydrogen) but people are using it to get subsidy from tax, and use only petrol as fuel.

Answer 12

Because the technology is not practical for commercial application yet. We can build a hydrogen fueled car--but not at a price people can afford. That is still years away.

The question is why are there no plug-in electric cars on the road. That's a technology that is ready to go--and is not being implemented.

Answer 13

they aren't practacil.

Answer 14

the excuse that car companies use not to put these cars on the road is that not enough consumers want them so they dont make them