Fuel cell vehicles make sense as complement to battery electric cars – opinion
electrive
There is no doubt electric vehicles are headed for mass-market success, but it would be premature to write-off fuel cells, Christoph M. Schwarzer writes in a commentary for electrive. Fuel cells require fewer raw materials than batteries, are more convenient to refill, and fuel cell cost degression has only just begun, according to the author. “Fuel cells are exactly the right match for certain user profiles and customer preferences,” Schwarzer writes. “From a German perspective, it would not be wise to leave this field to other industrialised nations.”
Read the commentary in German here.
For background, read the dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.
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