MI: Social Cost Comparison Among Fuel Cell Vehicle Alternatives

Social Cost Comparison Among Fuel Cell Vehicle Alternatives (cont.)

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A sensitivity analysis was performed with the difference on vehicle costs between Hydrogen FCV and Direct Methanol FCV. The result shows that a small $350.00 difference in favor of the DMFCV will be enough to balance the monetary private cost result (Figure-8). The uncertainties around these numbers are still high due to the early stage of technology development. HFCV requires less catalyst in the stack, and also a complex storage device, but DMFCV requires a simpler storage tank and more catalyst in the stack. The trade off between these two variables needs to be better studied.

CONTACT:

J. Fernando Contadini
Graduate Research Assistant - Fuel Cell Vehicle Modeling Program
Institute of Transportation Studies - University of California at Davis
Tel: (530) 752-9110
Fax: (530) 752-6572
E-mail: jfcontadini@ucdavis.edu

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Thanks to the Methanol Foundation and to the Brazilian Technology Council (CNPq).

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