Hydrogen highway

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A hydrogen highway : (English hydrogen highway ) is intended to denote a road that at sufficiently short intervals with hydrogen filling stations is provided so as to vehicles with hydrogen drive can be driven.

The concept was developed in California in 2003, when CARB defused the original Clean Air Act and Zero Emission Mandate in favor of the automotive industry and in return, in the USA alone with over 1.2 billion. USD tax money promoted, which wanted to bring hydrogen technology to market . As of the end of 2011, eight publicly accessible hydrogen filling stations were in operation in California, whereby, contrary to the initial announcements, the focus shifted away from long distances and towards supplying clusters.

Hydrogen filling station networks announced and partly implemented in 2012

Additions achieved in 2016

At the beginning of 2016 there were 214 hydrogen filling stations worldwide, 54 of which were newly opened in 2015, while previous locations were closed and the concept of the “ hydrogen highway ” was abandoned. Of the 214 locations that were active in 2016, only 121 are open to the public.

Individual evidence

  1. List of hydrogen filling stations (Source: H2Stations.org Status: is continuously updated)
  2. Chris Paine, 2006: Why the electric car had to die, from 23:30 , web video, accessed April 23, 2012
  3. ^ A b California Hydrogen Highway Network ( June 25, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ) on the State of California website
  4. FACTS ABOUT California Hydrogen Highway Network ( memento of March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) from 2011
  5. heise.de, February 26, 2016: Germany has 34 hydrogen filling stations , accessed August 15, 2016
  6. ecomento.tv, March 3, 2016: 54 new hydrogen filling stations worldwide in 2015 , accessed August 15, 2016