Communication systems and methods for hydrogen fueling and electric charging

A method for communication between a charging station and an electric vehicle, the method comprising:

• disposing a charging cable of the station within a specified distance of a receptacle on the vehicle to establish, via first near field communication (NFC) hardware disposed proximate the nozzle and second NFC hardware disposed proximate the receptacle, an NFC link therebetween;
• communicating to the station, via the NFC link, identifying information for the vehicle;
• selecting, by the station, a vehicle to infrastructure (V2X) communication network based on the identifying information for the vehicle;
• establishing, between the station and the vehicle, a V2X communication link via the V2X communication network;
• delivering through the charging cable, by the station and to the vehicle via the receptacle, electrical current to at least partially charge an electric vehicle battery;
• and
• monitoring, during the delivering electric current and via the V2X link or the NFC link, one or more status indicators for the electric vehicle battery.