Early adopters of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California are complaining that they can't reliably fuel their new cars at the handful of stations operating in their region. Moreover, they say that the the stations are frequently inoperative, closed for days or weeks at a time, and when they are open there is often an hour-long wait to use them. One example in this report tells of a man who is paying $3,000 a month for a vehicle he hasn't been able to drive for five weeks, because all three hydrogen stations within 20 minutes of his home or workplace are currently closed.
Early adopters of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California are complaining that they can't reliably fuel their new cars at the handful of stations operating in their region. Moreover, they say that the the stations are frequently inoperative, closed for days or weeks at a time, and when they are open there is often an hour-long wait to use them. One example in this report tells of a man who is paying $500 a month for a vehicle he hasn't been able to drive for five weeks, because all three hydrogen stations within 20 minutes of his home or workplace are currently closed.