Oakland tests electric transit buses for resilience in vehicle-to-building pilot; Battery-powered buses will contribute six hours of backup power while hydrogen buses will provide 11 hours.

“Many low-income communities of color share streets and fence lines with the freight industry and suffer deadly pollution from petroleum combustion,” said WOEIP Co-Executive Director Brian Beveridge in a statement. “With our electrical grids straining under the demands of global warming and solar and wind not keeping pace with the urgent need, hydrogen may offer another tool in the toolbox of zero-emission freight transportation opportunities.”