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The state of California is hoping that more cash for a particular San Bernardino County refueling station will mean more hydrogen production and thus more use from fuel-cell vehicle drivers. The California Energy Commission (CEC) is supplying a $3-million grant so the eight-year-old hydrogen refueling station at the Hyundai America Technical Center Inc. can be upgraded and opened to the public by October 2014 dispensing H2 made solely from renewable-energy resources. Along with $1.7 million funded by Hydrogen Frontier Inc., Powertech and ITM Power, the state's cash will enable the station in Chino, CA, to supply enough hydrogen for about 20 full tanks a day.

Hyundai started production of the Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell in South Korea earlier this year and sent its first production fuel-cell crossover vehicles to Copenhagen in June for that city's municipal fleet. Globally, Hyundai set a goal to build 1,000 fuel-cell vehicles by 2015 and Hyundai North American chief John Krafcik recently went on record to say fuel-cell vehicles are a far more energy-efficient than battery-electric vehicles.

According to the US Department of Energy, there are 10 publicly accessible H2 stations in the US, all but one of which are in California. Find out more in Hyundai's press release below.Continue reading Hyundai updating hydrogen station in California to refuel 20 vehicles a day with renewable H2

Hyundai updating hydrogen station in California to refuel 20 vehicles a day with renewable H2 originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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