Fuel Cell Vehicle and Infrastructure Learning Demonstration Status and Results

Abstract

The "Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project," is a five-year U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project started in 2004. The purpose of this project is to conduct an integrated field validation that examines the performance of fuel cell vehicles and the supporting hydrogen infrastructure. NREL has analyzed data from almost three years of the five-year project. During this time, 92 vehicles have been deployed, 15 project refueling stations were placed in use, and no fundamental safety issues have been identified. We've analyzed data from over 200,000 individual vehicle trips covering 1,100,000 miles traveled and over 40,000 kg hydrogen produced or dispensed. Public analytical results for this project are in the form of composite data products, which aggregate individual performance into a range that protects the intellectual property and the identity of each company, while still publishing overall status and progress.