Hydrogen fuel vehicles, although more similar to traditional fuel vehicles in all aspects, have a much lower development momentum than electric vehicles. However, in recent years, more and more domestic and foreign car companies have begun to involve in this field
In terms of experience, hydrogen fuel vehicles are closer to traditional fuel vehicles, their energy injection time is short, the endurance is less affected by temperature and speed, and the emissions are only water. At present, there are obvious bottlenecks in electric vehicles, battery technology is difficult to break through, charging time is long, endurance is greatly affected by temperature and speed, and the endurance in winter is obviously declining, and many car owners even jokingly call it "electric daddy".
In such a situation, more and more car companies layout hydrogen energy field, such as Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, have launched their hydrogen energy models, and domestic car companies are not far behind, Chery recently launched a hydrogen fuel vehicle based on Arrizo 5, equipped with a leading 30 kW metal bipolar fuel cell stack, while carrying 2 35MPa hydrogen storage tanks, The hydrogen storage capacity is 3.58 kg (about 7.16 kg), the driving range under the comprehensive working conditions of NEDC can reach 540 kilometers, and the uniform speed mileage can reach 700 kilometers, because the endurance of hydrogen fuel cells is less affected by temperature and speed, so it can be said that the endurance of this car has reached or even exceeded most electric vehicles.
Many people are worried about the safety of hydrogen energy, but also think that this is a "small hydrogen bomb", in fact, this is not the same thing at all, in fact, the safety of hydrogen is higher than gasoline, because its density is lower, escape faster, and gasoline is not easy to spread, it will be easier to explode, in addition, foreign media have done experiments, holding a pistol to the hydrogen storage tank continuous shooting, will not explode, so those who are worried about hydrogen safety can check more information.
The most critical issue in the development of hydrogen energy is the construction of hydrogen refueling stations, that is, the large-scale production and transportation of hydrogen, but in this regard, the mainland has made great progress. Since the beginning of 2019, the central and local governments have successively issued a series of policies for the development of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle industry.
As of the beginning of June 2021, a total of 141 hydrogen refueling stations on the mainland have been completed, of which 119 are in operation, 22 have been completed, 73 are under construction, and 118 are planned for construction. According to the "Yangtze River Delta Hydrogen Corridor Construction and Development Plan", by 2030, the Yangtze River Delta will build more than 500 hydrogen refueling stations, accounting for half of the total number of hydrogen refueling stations in the country at that time.
In the next ten years, the country will build 900 new hydrogen refueling stations, if the safety of hydrogen is not solved, will experts promote hydrogen refueling stations on a large scale? Where hydrogen comes from, the mainland's industrial production process will produce a large number of hydrogen by-products, China's hydrogen production in 2017 was 19.15 million tons, and in 2018 hydrogen production was 21 million tons, an increase of 1.85 million tons. The China Commercial Industry Research Institute predicts that the mainland's hydrogen production will exceed 26 million tons in 2021.
With the successive arrival of domestic hydrogen fuel supporting facilities, hydrogen fuel vehicles have begun to have a place to play, zero emissions, no pollution, fast charging time, will become an important direction for the future development of automobiles.