Reply To: A Motability salesperson’s take on hydrogen.

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    We operate 3 hydrogen Toyotas at my work, the cost of a fill is eyewatering £14 per KG (around £24 for every 60 miles), much more than petrol or diesel and far outweighing the electricity cost. They have just reached 3 yrs old, 1 had to be flat bed trucked to the dealer for its MOT (it passed!).

    They are unreliable & staff refuse to fill them as the pumps are like a science experiment. The range is, like electric, nowhere near the WLTP unless you drive like you had a guy walking out front waving a red flag.

    Cost around £50k each, cost a fortune to run, 2 of the 3 have had multiple repairs, the third had sat unused for 6 months and needed a flatbed to take it to the pumps as it has lost its hydrogen.

    I thought they were the future, but looking at the complexity and cost it just doesn’t make sense unless technology evolves. Trucks given their use,  might well turn hydrogen powered.

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