I was using the Tesla battery swap station at Harris Ranch on Monday so I decided to take a look at the Harris Ranch hydrogen station since it was only a few hundred feet from the swap station. Once again, no one was using it. But this time I got close enough to read "dispenser unavailable" on the screen so even if a fuel cell car came by, they wouldn't have been able to use it. There was also a "Temporary use permit" that was dated 10/21 and expired on April 21 2016 stuck next to the display. I wonder if they can simply renew the permit every 6 months or if they have to get a more permanent permit by April 21.
I was a little shocked to see the price displayed as $16.49 a kg. It would cost $82.45 to fill up the 5 kg capacity tank on a Toyota Mirai. That works out to 26.4 cents a mile since it has a 312 mile range. If you compare that to a new 52 mpg Toyota Prius, gas would have to cost $13.74 a gallon for it to cost that much to drive the Prius!
Edit- if I understand the sticker to the left of the top display correctly, the dispenser is only accurate to plus or minus 5%. I'm pretty sure gas pumps have to be a lot more accurate than that.
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Wait, the battery swap stations are a thing?