In a move that will save taxpayers $100 million annually, President Obama has cut funding for hydrogen fuel cell development. Although the Obama administration has vowed to focus on reducing American’s reliance on foreign oil, this cut will not alter the administration’s direction.

“The probability of deploying hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in the next 10 to 20 years is low,” Energy Department spokesman Tom Welch said in an interview today.

Welch cited the immense cost of developing an infrastructure of hydrogen pipelines and fueling stations for the cars. He also said there were technical obstacles to producing hydrogen and storing it in vehicles.” Source: Automotive News (subscription required)

I am guessing that this will kill the Honda FCX Clarity but the reduction is understandable as the time to see a return on investment is much longer than with other alternative fuel technologies.

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