Hydrogen fueling infrastructure for passenger cars won’t be taking off in California any time soon, according to an annual status report released Monday by the California Air Resources Board.
The report, mandated every year under 2023’s AB 126, says that near-term projections for light-duty hydrogen fueling stations and vehicle sales are looking worse than ever before.
California has a goal to reach 200 hydrogen fueling stations for passenger cars by 2025, established by executive order in 2018.
In last year’s report, station developers projected that as many as 92 new stations could open by the end of 2024. But in the past year, the number of hydrogen stations in the state has declined from 66 to 62, after Shell permanently shut down seven stations. Seven more of the remaining 62 stations are temporarily out of commission.
