How does hydrogen fit into our future fuels universe?
As you know, there’s going to be a requirement in California and many states in the future for zero emissions vehicles. There’s really only two solutions for zero emissions: battery/electric, of course, and fuel cell. The only limitation with battery/electrics is range. Fuel cells don’t really have those limitations, per se. We can actually get 200-300 mile ranges, depending on our storage capacity. And consumers are very comfortable with that scenario. They fill their cars now, go 300 miles, fill them again. With battery/electrics, you have these long charge cycles: 2, 3, 5, 10 hours. Consumers aren’t really going to accept that as long-term solutions for long distance vehicles. Does that mean that you could combine the two—EVs and fuel cells? That is one solution. The best solution for a fuel cell, actually, is a plug in hybrid with a fuel cell range extender. The reason for that, you can have a fuel cell at 20-30 kilowatts, steady state, most efficient operation for a fuel cell, plu
