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by cschwarm 4207 days ago
The hydrogen fuel chain is very inefficient [1]. Building up a fuelling infrastructure would very expensive compared to a fast charger network, by about a factor of 5 to 10. The fuel itself is still rather expensive [2].

Only a few Japanese and Korean car companies are pushing the fuel cell. Car companies in Europe are rather reluctant about it, including Renault and VW.

[1] http://phys.org/news85074285.html

[2] http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/01/fuel-cell-economics-vs-b...