First journalist to drive LA>SF on California's Hydrogen Highway

[nationalize the fed]

Welcome to California's hydrogen highway- A clean future is a gas, gas, gas

The Sunday Times UK |Nick Rufford | 30 Nov 2015

THE LOUDEST thing you’ll hear from behind the wheel of a fuel-cell car driving up the Californian coast is the hum of the tyres on the concrete interstate stretching north from Los Angeles towards Silicon Valley and San Francisco.



There’s no rumble of a big American engine from under the bonnet, no growl from the exhaust. These are things of the past. The only emission this hydrogen-powered Hyundai Tucson produces is water — so pure you can sip it from the tailpipe. Welcome to the future. It’s mute...snip

...In two weeks, the first phase of the hydrogen highway — a 400-mile stretch — will be complete when a station halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. Last week, with special permission, The Sunday Times completed the journey in a fuel-cell car, the first media organisation to do so.

The Harris Ranch refuelling stop near Coalinga is the crucial missing link between stations in Los Angeles and the Bay Area of San Francisco. Hyundai — one of the big companies leading the charge into hydrogen — says the stop could jump-start the technology in California and mark a tipping point for its adoption elsewhere, including Britain...snip
Full Article: http://www.driving.co.uk/news/welcome-to-californias-hydrogen-highway/

Related: Wind Powered Hydrogen Station opens in S. Yorkshire, UK

[villager]

1. How ironic that the stop is Harris Ranch, given the "contributions" of commercial beef production to

...climate change!

Still, that is certainly the "halfway" point! (Unless you decide to take 101!)

[nationalize the fed]

2. Right next to the only existing Tesla Battery Swap station

that costs ~$80 per visit. Appointment necessary. Must return battery on your way home.

[villager]

3. Wait -- that's not a refundable deposit, but the cost of "refueling?"

Though I guess a Tesla driver could afford it...

[MisterP]

4. on the 5? the poor fucker