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NEWS<br />
This is the sole<br />
retail hydrogen<br />
station open in<br />
Northern<br />
California. Take<br />
a close look at<br />
the meter on<br />
the pump:<br />
Currently, the<br />
hydrogen costs<br />
$13.59/kg.<br />
onsite.” For example, a station he’s helping to develop in Rohnert<br />
Park, California, is designed so it’ll someday be able to use solar or<br />
geyser power to make hydrogen fuel.<br />
The cars need fuel stations, and vice versa<br />
Right now, Rambach and everyone else are laser-focused on<br />
getting stations online. Station availability will encourage car<br />
sales, and car sales will create new customers for the stations.<br />
“The cost of the station is the cost of sales,” Rambach said.<br />
“The enabler for those sales is the station.”<br />
Currently the fuel is expensive—$13.59 per kilogram at the<br />
West Sacramento station, which equates to almost $70 for<br />
filling the Mirai’s 5kg capacity. While it’s likely the cost of fuel<br />
will drop as production ramps up, Toyota is giving Mirai owners<br />
three years’ worth of free fuel, up to $15,000. That’s just one of<br />
many perks (go.pcworld.com/miraiperks) designed to offset<br />
the challenges of being a Mirai early adopter.<br />
Keeping Mirai customers happy is job one for Judy<br />
Cunningham, the manager leading Mirai sales for Roseville<br />
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