Analysis of Fuel Cell Vehicle Customer Usage and Hydrogen Refueling Patterns – Comparison of Private and Fleet Customers

Abstract

Honda has been leasing our fuel cell vehicle to numerous fleet customers, such as the City of LA, since 2002, and to individual customers since 2005. Honda is unique in having this combination of customer types. Because of their variety, our customers use the fuel cell vehicle in very different ways. As a result, we have learned a lot about the differences in driving habits and refueling patterns of fleet vs. individual customers. This paper will discuss these differences and show the importance of considering these different usage patterns for future vehicle and hydrogen infrastructure development toward an effective rollout of a fueling network, and to provide maximum vehicle utility to our early customers.

Systemic tradeoff analysis of fuel cell mobility systems

“…The analysis of vehicle fleets in Ref. [29] shows the average amount of hydrogen refueling to be about three quarters of the tank capacity. For the tank in our analysis we use a value of 3 kg as the amount to be refueled.…”