The cost of hydrogen per mile to power a fuel cell electric vehicle is approximately competitive with the cost of gasoline at $2.30/gallon. This assumes that the hydrogen is made by reforming natural gas at the fueling station with existing commercial hydrogen fueling equipment in low production volumes (10 units). With larger scale production, we estimate that hydrogen will cost less per mile than gasoline selling at $1.50/gallon.

FCVs run on hydrogen gas rather than gasoline and emit no harmful tailpipe emissions.

Fuel cell systems are not yet as durable as internal combustion engines, especially in some temperature and humidity ranges.