Here’s How Long It Takes To Fully Fill A Hydrogen Car!

A couple points to note, I believe this station was actually a station where trucks bring the hydrogen to it - it is just created in a greener way. Also, the Mirai has a 5 kg tank so we weren’t completely dead although the gauge cluster showed that we were at a minimal level

My son is an engineer and contributed to the design of the hydrogen tanks in the Mirai. I'm so proud of him.

It takes a special talent to present 30 seconds of information in only 14 minutes

Hydrogen was $13.14/KG when filmed. Now it's $36.95/KG x 5.65 KG=$208.77 for a fillup to go 260 miles or 80 cents per mile. Ridiculous. And in Missouri, the only hydrogen filling station makes you get a container containig 100kg at H35 or 5000psi at a minimum.

There is an H2 station near me at a Shell station, but comments on Google Maps say it has been broken for over a year and attendants say no plans to fix it. Shell also dropped a plan funded by California to install more stations, so seems like Mirais will be orphans soon. Fueling costs ~4x an efficient gasoline sedan.

A man who can talk without stopping for 14 minutes, and not pass on any useful information whatsoever.

I was in line to get gas in Anaheim, and noticed a long line of cars waiting for one pump. I asked a guy what was happening and he told me they were all waiting to fill up with hydrogen. We talked through the cost, which when he started his lease was less that gas, but now a month ago, it was more expensive then gas. He loved the actual car, but said that owning a hydrogen car was more like being owned by a hydrogen car. There were only two places for fuel in the area, the other being a Toyota in Orange. And they were often down. He also told me that if you wanted to say drive to Las Vegas, which many Southern Californian's do, you're out of luck, no hydrogen stations in Las Vegas or along the route. In that case you notify the company, and they rent a car for you for the trip, which you were allowed to do several times a year. Also, when he got the car, they supplied him with a $15,000 dollar fuel card, which after over two years of driving he had barely dented, so at the moment the car was cheap to operate, but once the card ran out, he figured it would be more expensive then a similar ICE powered car of the same size and cost. I thought it was fascinating, but very limiting. I mean, if you think an EV is limiting, hydrogen's another ballpark. He did say that there were fleets of cars used by delivery services that loved it, but they had access to fuel, and all their trips were local. The incentive when he got the car was a) Federal Rebates, b) CA Rebates, c) So. California Rebates, d) Manufacturer Rebates, and finally e) that $15k fuel card. So he got a $40K car for around $22k, plus no fuel costs. So, he was pleased, for now. "Would he buy one again" I asked, and he said, "Not sure. I do think about that question though."

Thank you so much, So I have question so now is approximately $66 for the full tank of 5 kilogram hydrogen of the Toyota Mirai and will give you only 320 miles or 400 miles ?

Really enjoyed this look into the new Mirai. And don't worry about the newbie aspects of the refilling, we're all newbies at some point and this is a great overview. It's also refreshing to hear someone who's experienced with plug in electric, but is also open minded about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles like this one. Also like the sleek futuristic interior. Have to say too, plug in electric are a stepping stone to hydrogen or some other advanced technology. Battery EV's have so many batteries which are often mined in appalling conditions, and those materials are finite. Then there's the end of life recycling of all those batteries. When an hydrogen filling station is running on renewables and doesn't need tanker trucks to bring in hydrogen, it's wonderful. Those are the ones that need to be invested in. Less than five minutes to fill the tank and getting a wicked range is WAY better than waiting over half hour for crappy batteries to charge. I will never do that, it's retarded 🥴👉

Hello. I test hydrogen fuel quality for the State of California. My colleagues and I routinely visit all hydrogen stations in California and obtain samples. This is a liquid hydrogen station. This allows for much more hydrogen to be stored on site. The older gaseous stations only have a capacity around 100 kg. The liquid stations have a capacity around 1000 kg. The hydrogen is truck delivered and stored in a liquid state on site. The station then boils off the liquid into a gas and maintains the gaseous hydrogen at fill pressure. The vent is actually not too loud since the vent has such a wide bore. I'm guessing this is the Baldwin Park station. We haven't tested it yet, but it will be on our docket soon!

So, at $60 to fill up divided by a 260 mile range, it seems to cost about $0.23/ mile to drive. An economical car that gets 35 MPG and assuming $5.00/ gallon will cost about $0.14/ mile to drive.

it really depends on how full the tanks are at the refueling station, I owned an LPG car, it's a car that ran on liquified gas IE: propane/butane mix. When the tanks were full then the limiter kicks in, it takes 15-30 seconds from empty and I am on my way shortly after... But when the the fuel stations tanks are running low then the PSI of the tank would take a while to fill, sometimes minutes as the meter clicks by slowly... so it is all about how much fuel they have to sell you

As I'm sure millions have said already, the key issue with hydrogen is we have to make it. And we make it from carbon sources, using a staggering amount of power. (compressing it, pumping it, carrying it, etc., etc.) If you want to be "green", H2 absolutely is not the path. Alcohol, bio-diesel, and solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, etc. are all better ways to be "green". Making H2 from "excess electricity" is also not a very good means of storage. (maybe better than aluminium-air batteries... smelting Al is a very energy intense process.) But I will concede, a liquid (or compressed gas) is way faster to "recharge" than any battery ever will be.

Takes 4:31 to fill the tank. You just got back some additional time to watch more Out of Spec videos.

I think, hydrogen can be a good option for construction equipment. JCB is developing Hydrogen diggers after they realized electric diggers wont even last 1 hour of work.

There's only two hydrogen filling stations in australia. There's 60 in the US, nearly all in Califiornia.

Thank you for giving live demonstration of the use of hydrogen as a fuel for the daily usage such as driving a vehicle.

I missed the final cost.... and another 260 miles. Believe I'll stick with my 98 civic hatch. I drove right at ll00 miles to see my brother in New Mexico, and it cost me a whopping $62- a few cents, That was running 75/80 with a/c. Had a 96 that got 42 mpg, at 65/75 with a/c. That was at least 90+% interstate driving.

There should be feedback like a light or beep to indicate when the H2 nozzle is securely attached to the refilling port of the vehicle.

What runs the pump and refrigerator/freezer ?