#hydrogenbus — Public Fediverse posts

Why do transit agencies keep falling for the hydrogen bus myth?

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/13/why-do-transit-agencies-keep-falling-for-the-hydrogen-bus-myth/

#HackerNews #transitagencies #hydrogenbus #myth #cleanenergy #publictransportation #sustainability

2024-07-14 "Hydrogen-powered Citybus completes first tunnel journey [ . . . ]"

"""This is the first time a hydrogen bus has traversed the Hong Kong Island and New Territories route.

Richard Hall, the managing director of Citybus, stated that they will no longer purchase diesel buses but replace them with hydrogen buses on a one-for-one basis.

The goal is to use hydrogen or electric buses in its entire fleet by 2045.
"""

thestandard.com.hk/breaking-ne…

#hongkong #citybus #hydrogen
#HydrogenBus #ElectricBus

Cluj-Napoca seems to be testing the feasibility of hydrogen buses, as a reddit user posted two photos of a hydrogen-powered bus in the Zorilor neighbourhood today. If I manage to take some photos as well, I'll post them here.

According to a user, this is a Toyota Caetano hydrogen-powered bus.
Image source: reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/cluj/comments/1clev8z/_/)

#Romania #ClujNapoca #Cluj #bus #hydrogenbus #publictransport

#NesoBus #Sosnowiec #Katowice #HydrogenBus #H2Bus

Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/24/victoria-warned-against-very-very-inefficient-hydrogen-buses-after-trial-announced
Cambridge professor says grey hydrogen buses are expensive, ‘destructive’ and not a true zero-emissions solution

To put it politely, this is greenwashing. To put it impolitely, calling these busses "green" or "zero emission" is a whopper of a lie.

If you read about these busses at the company's website, they're very careful not to reveal the source ("colour") of the hydrogen. https://www.transitsystems.com.au/hydrogen-bus-new
They're using grey hydrogen. "Grey" Hydrogen is not Zero Emission. It's made by extracting hydrogen from fossil gas, and there's no effort put into capturing the carbon during the processing.

These busses are just as polluting — considerably more polluting when you look at inefficiencies and losses due to processing, transport, and storage — as a bus powered by any other fossil fuel, but the pollution happens at a processing plant far away. The pollution is out of sight; out of mind.

#Greenwashing #ZeroEmission #ZeroEmissions #Hydrogen #HydrogenBus #PublicTransport #Environment #VicPol #AusPol

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, who is on an official visit to Czech Republic, took a test drive on a hydrogen bus in Prague today. Mr Gadkari, flanked by several officials, was seen riding the bus, in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter.
#NitinGadkari #TestDrive #HydrogenBus #Prague
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/watch-nitin-gadkari-takes-a-test-drive-on-hydrogen-bus-in-prague-4443741

India’s First Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Hits Delhi Roads.

#HardeepSinghPuri #HydrogenBus #ModiGovt #Delhi #DelhiNews

https://www.ganganews.com/environment/indias-first-green-hydrogen-fuel-cell-bus-hits-delhi-roads/

Solaris to supply hydrogen buses to Hamburg city

#hydrogen #fuelcell #FCEV #hydrogenbus #bus #transit #hamburg #germany #solaris

https://www.autocarpro.in/news-international/solaris-to-supply-hydrogen-buses-to-hamburg-city-114488