The alternative path for fossil oil: Electric vehicles or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles?

New energy vehicles are accelerating to substitute for internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) and fossil oil. Although most literature acknowledges this trend, few compare two specific substitutable paths in terms of the operation system, namely electric vehicles (EVs) and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs). This paper makes a comparative analysis of EVs and HFCVs in power sources, fuel storage and transportation, fuel supply infrastructure construction, and the cost and use of vehicles. The authors' findings indicate that electric passenger vehicles have more advantages in economy, safety, and environmental impact, in comparison with hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles. Nevertheless, great efforts should still be made to develop advanced rapid charging technology, shorten charging time, and accelerate charging infrastructure construction. Then, it is just around the corner for EVs to gradually take over from traditional motor vehicles driven by oil. In contrast, popularizing hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles faces several insurmountable obstacles in the short run, such as the high hydrogen production price, complicated storage process, and expensive hydrogen refueling station infrastructure. However, hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles have unique application scenarios. The dislocation and complementarity principle in different scenarios of EVs and HFCVs is supposed to be firmly grasped.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118019
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479723008071
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  • © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Wenyue
  • Fang, Xingming
  • Sun, Chuanwang
• Publication Date: 2023-9-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 118019
• Serial:
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Volume: 341
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0301-4797
  • EISSN: 1095-8630
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014797

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Alternatives analysis; Costs; Electric vehicles; Fuel cell vehicles; Renewable energy sources
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01883421
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 2023 1:50PM