Hydrogen Station: Automatentankstelle, Sieggrubenstrae 5, Berg bei Hof, Germany / H2 price: EUR 11.00 Kg / USD 12.05 kg

[Caribbeans]

The "rollout" of Hydrogen stations in California has been tarred with many infrastructure problems, ongoing "Technical Issues" and a TRIPLING of the price - ~$12.00 Kg (around 2 years ago) to a global high of $36.00 Kg now- which makes hydrogen for cars a non-starter. Why does H2 in CA cost $36.00 Kg? No official explanation has been offered, AFAIK.

But in Germany the price at most of the ~80 stations maintained by H2Mobility is EUR 15.25 / Kg and here's one that sells H2 at $11 / Kg! Other prices around the world:

USD $3.60 per Kilogram in China
USD $8.30 per Kilogram in Japan
USD $15.00 per Kilogram in Korea
USD $13.80 per Kilogram in Hong Kong (Projected)
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USD $36.00 per Kilogram in California

At $11.00 Kg a full tank for a Toyota Mirai would cost ~$55.00 -instead of the $180 it costs now- at which point Hydrogen starts to make economic sense for smaller vehicles. And as Renewable Energy gets cheaper and cheaper - so will green hydrogen - perhaps even $5.00 / Kg - which would make a full tank $25!!!

Sieggrubenstraße 5
95180 Berg bei Hof
H2 price: EUR 11.00 / kg

See:
Station overview with prices
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https://h2-mobility.de/en/our-h2-stations/

Most Americans don't know what a fuel cell is yet - let alone that a company called H2Mobility in Germany has built the beginnings of a workable, affordable hydrogen infrastructure. A shame, that. Next time someone says "A H2 infrastructure is too complicated and will never work"- remind them of Germany.