That is awesome.  I just don’t understand though, why is it that only SOME people are driving hydrogen vehicles?  Why aren’t we ALL driving them??  I’m being totally serious.  In Abu Dhabi they just invested $2billion in a hydrogen plant, and they’re working to build the world’s first “green CITY”; one that gets 100% of it’s power from renewable energy.
So why on earth am I stuck driving a car that uses so much as A DROP of petrol??  Isn’t it retarded??  Hybrid vehicles aren’t the hero - a mere band-aid where surgery is required - HYDROGEN is the hero…so where is my hydrogen car??  ...Wrapped-up in political red-tape & b.s.

David – If you really want a hydrogen car, check out GM’s Project Driveway.  If you live in an area near a hydrogen fueling station, you might be able to get your hot little hands on one… for a month…

David, Chief Mama has some good and realistic ideas and I totally agree with you that we all should be driving Hydrogen cars…but my totally unrealistic idea is that maybe if you and I become super duper Hollywood or political celebs we’ll get one, so let’s get to work!

We should also note that Audi of America was also pimping out rides to celebs during Oscar week.  An Audi fleet of more than 55 tricked out A8L W12’s and Audi Q7’s toted around the likes of Penelope Cruz and her honey Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and his main squeeze Diane Lane, Ellen Page of Juno, Ben Affleck (hopefully his Jen got to ride with him) and Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis, among many others. 

While none of them were in a Hydrogen-powered ride like Cameron, Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos did spend Oscar week in a TDI Audi Q7 - pretty cool as it is 30% more fuel efficient and will go into worldwide production November of this year, which means you and I can buy one!

While a hydrogen-powered vehicle may be a viable choice someday, today, as well as the next ten to fifteen years will not likely see such vehicles on our roads. First and foremost is, or should be of concern, would be what to do with these vehicles when they are placed in as common a situation as: how rescue authorities may extricate accident victims without risking themselves and others to fire and/or explosion; or what about re-filling training for the average hydrogen car owner-you can’t just go to the filling station and self-serve fill as we do today at the gas station. Highly specific care much be undertaken in order to refill these cars. Who’s going to pay for the learning seminars which will be needed before ANYONE is allowed near these cars as far as routine maintenance is concerned. When gasoline-powered cars came on the scene beginning in the 1890’s, few owners had working knowledge as to what maintenance would be elective or required for the proper function of their vehicles. Granted more of us are familiar with motored vehicles, than in those days, and we still go to experienced service departments or a trusted mechanic to properly care for our vehicles. But all these trained technicians will need more than just a primer on what to do, when and where.“Hydrogen-powered” still sounds like science fiction to many people and it probably still will for several years. Hopefully our authorities, in those years, will develop the requisite support infrastructure addressing the concerns I’ve mentioned here before we all get to celebrate the further greening of our environment.