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So Hydrogen's perk would be quicker fueling but I don't know how many people are going to be willing to pay the fairly large additional cost for that convenience.

Toyota Mirai:

Tank Size: 5.6 kg of hydrogen

Cost per kg of hydrogen: $13.11

Miles of range: 402

Cost per mile: $0.18

Ioniq 5:

Battery Size: 77.4 kWh

Range: 302 miles

Miles per kWh: 3.5

Cost per kWh (Currently at my house): $0.27 per kWh

Cost per mile: $0.08

Ford Maverick Hybrid (My current vehicle):

Tank size: 13.6 Gallons

Range: ~500 miles

Average fuel economy: 38.5 mpg (my average currently)

Cost per gallon: $3.40 (last price I saw on the way into work)

Cost per mile: $0.088

To get an equivalent cost per mile electricity would have to $0.63 per kWh. Largely though that is currently with hydrogen made from natural gas, versus green hydrogen which will end up being intrinsically lin.18/ked to the cost of electricity. From what I have seen it is somewhere around 3 watts of electricity to get 1 W equivalent of hydrogen which might be able to get a 2 to 1 ratio in the future. I think certain sectors like aerospace will be okay with the additional cost due to other advantages but regular consumers it seems less likely.

Cost for Hydrogen (I went with the lower number): https://h2fcp.org/content/cost-refill




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