Post #1031775

2026-04-08 06:28 UTC

Yet another hydrogen filling station in Germany is closing after ten years. This is likely to coincide exactly with the end of the grant period. Battery-electric cars run on green electricity, hydrogen cars on subsidies... https://westfalen.com/de/de/unternehmen-jobs/newsroom/pressemitteilungen-westfalen/details/westfalen-schliesst-wasserstoff-tankstelle-in-muenster-amelsbueren-80

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@burger_jaap@mastodon.social 2026-04-09 10:09

New hydrogen refuelling stations are still being funded, for six years. Expect a new wave of closures around 2032. Existing stations can also get funding if there is no other station within a 50 km radius. Could some of the current closures be a form of strategic pruning? https://www.ptj.de/foerdermoeglichkeiten/nip/hrs_nfz_2026

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@proscience@toot.community 2026-04-08 07:18

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social An example of "Technologieoffenheit". 🙃

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@skolima@hachyderm.io 2026-04-08 08:31

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social @feijoa@mastodon.org.uk Ha! Just this week I saw a Mirai on the S3 express road near Zielona Góra, was wondering how the hell will this press demonstration car get back to Poznań where it is based 🤣 (Don't worry, there's another refilling station in Wrocław, it will make it if driven carefully)

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