I don't think it's the future, my opinion is it wouldn't be commercially viable without government support with subsidies, and there's no chance of that with the lobbyists, and general Tory decisions like Rishi putting back the clock 5 years on ICE availability on new cars. Also regarding hydrogen, I'm not convinced that if there was a high-speed collision, how dangerous hydrogen at pressure is in terms of an explosion for passenger safety and survivability, and the fact hydrogen burns with a clear flame.
Great article. I have the feeling that people cling to the hydrogen dream because of the similarity to the refueling experience of fossil fuel cars. With recycling of batteries and new battery tech, the remaining obstacle now is cost.
Interesting revisit to this topic. I read recently that Surrey County Council has invested millions into procuring a hydrogen bus fleet as part of their drive towards net zero in 2050. I’m not convinced how much research was done into the carbon footprint of the hydrogen they actually run on...
The buses will be refuelled at a depot in Crawley run by Air Products. A glance at their website and they quite like Blue Hydrogen as a thing and think CCS is the way forward..!
We now have hydrogen double-decker buses in Hong Kong- hard to say the technology has been dormant these last few years. These buses represent only a very tiny fraction of the buses in the city but one refuelling depot is in place and the system is working. Electric single-deckers are becoming quite common here while there’s still only a handful of electric double-deckers.
I don't think it's the future, my opinion is it wouldn't be commercially viable without government support with subsidies, and there's no chance of that with the lobbyists, and general Tory decisions like Rishi putting back the clock 5 years on ICE availability on new cars. Also regarding hydrogen, I'm not convinced that if there was a high-speed collision, how dangerous hydrogen at pressure is in terms of an explosion for passenger safety and survivability, and the fact hydrogen burns with a clear flame.
Great article. I have the feeling that people cling to the hydrogen dream because of the similarity to the refueling experience of fossil fuel cars. With recycling of batteries and new battery tech, the remaining obstacle now is cost.
Interesting revisit to this topic. I read recently that Surrey County Council has invested millions into procuring a hydrogen bus fleet as part of their drive towards net zero in 2050. I’m not convinced how much research was done into the carbon footprint of the hydrogen they actually run on...
The buses will be refuelled at a depot in Crawley run by Air Products. A glance at their website and they quite like Blue Hydrogen as a thing and think CCS is the way forward..!
We now have hydrogen double-decker buses in Hong Kong- hard to say the technology has been dormant these last few years. These buses represent only a very tiny fraction of the buses in the city but one refuelling depot is in place and the system is working. Electric single-deckers are becoming quite common here while there’s still only a handful of electric double-deckers.
H2 was $36 per kg in Cali on Sept 23.....