”We have found the majority of people don’t even know that fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are an option, so when people hear electric, they only think battery electric, and that’s a problem,” Jackie Birdsall, Senior Engineer at Toyota, told gasworld during her Thursday morning commute in Los Angeles, California.
“But why would people know about [FCEVs]? In most areas in the US, fuel cell vehicles aren’t available because the hydrogen infrastructure isn’t in place.”
A self-described “auto obsessive”, Birdsall has been instrumental in developing fuel cell technologies for the consumer market, most notably the first-generation Mirai, since arriving at the Toyota Technical Center in 2012. She has also become one of the most tireless public advocates for sustainable fuel cells. “One of my colleagues even calls me a techno evangelist,” she joked.
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