Fuel Cells Are Not the Problem, the Hydrogen Fuel Is

On the face of it, 2021 was a good year for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) in passenger car markets. Toyota, with their second generation Mirai FCEV, and Hyundai, with their NEXO FCEV, both had record sales, which largely made up for Honda announcing in June 2021 that it had decided to pull the plug on production of their Honda Clarity FCV (citing the lack of hydrogen infrastructure and weak demand). For both Toyota and Hyundai, the increase in sales makes for impressive reading. The release of the second gen Mirai, saw Toyota’s global fuel cell car sales more than triple, from 1,770 vehicles in 2020 to 5,918 in 2021, and eclipse their previous best sales year in 2017 when they sold 2,741. Similarly, for Hyundai, they built on a strong 2020, where they sold 6,781 fuel cell NEXO, increasing sales by 42% to 9,620 vehicles in 2021. Toyota and Hyundai Fuel Cell Passenger Car Sales….

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