The final fleet composition – 67 fixed route fuel-cell buses, 18 fixed route battery-electric buses and 39 paratransit fuel-cell vehicles – was determined to maximize performance and minimize cost.
There have been many false dawns for hydrogen. The successful expansion in renewables would not have come without government support at the beginning. Ultimately it will need to be up to industry to determine whether hydrogen finally fulfils its promise, but this alliance could prove a start.
Air Liquide and the Port of Rotterdam Authority announce the launch of a jointly created initiative, which aims at enabling 1,000 hydrogen-powered zero-emission trucks on the roads connecting the Netherlands, Belgium, and West Germany by 2025. Several partners representing the whole supply chain, from truck manufacturers such as VDL Groep, Iveco/Nikola to transport companies Vos Logistics, Jongeneel Transport and HN…