Shell is closing all of its California hydrogen fueling stations

If my former Honda Civic NG's natural gas tank could be filled at the same pressures of the Toyota Mirai's Hydrogen tank, my civic would have gotten ~950 miles to a fill. (3600psi vs IIRC 10,000psi). I assume there's a chemistry reason they're not comparable.

I also have to assume the DOT approvals ensure some safety in both (although the pressures are a lot to contemplate in either car) -- there have been NG crashes where the car was consumed by fire, but the tank did not explode/rupture. They're stout and well-considered things. I don't think the H2 storage in the Mirai (and whatever the Hyundai one was called) is the problem. I think lack of access to filling stations is the problem. I've owned 2 NG Civics and while NG stations were in oddball locations, they were available.

I thought the Mirai was a cool car, especially the second gen. Now they're... what, very expensive doorstops? Super unfortunate! I hope Toyota do right by their early-adopters. I don't expect Hyundai gives a rip, but they could surprise me also.

That ending cliche is unfortunate.

Can you get subsidy for hydrogen vehicle?