Hydrogen vehicles least expensive

While natural gas is both the least expensive source of hydrogen today and the most straightforward to scale up quickly for fueling pem vehicles, we must answer these questions before pursuing this path ... 

For the case of the least expensive hydrogen production option (coal gasification) with pipeline transportation, the HjHybrid vehicle is the least expensive hydrogen vehicle to operate overall (0.54 /mile) and is competitive with today s ICE vehicles (0.55 /mile). A FCV, with a base efficiency 2.5 times a comparably sized ICE vehicle and costing 4100 more, has an estimated operating cost of 0.62-0.70 /mile, at least seven cents higher than the ICE vehicle. Hybrids already are competitive with ICE vehicles. The electric vehicle and the 2020 FCV with onboard reformation have the highest end-use costs due to battery costs for the electric vehicle and the onboard reformer cost for the FCV, which adds almost 4000 to the vehicle cost. 

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