EU FUEL CELL BUS TRIAL EXTENDED TRANSPORT FOR LONDON BRITAIN – LOW EMISSIONS PUBLIC TRANSPORT
March 1st, 2006
BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London
THE EUROPEAN Union has extended Euro 18.5 million trial running fuel cell buses in seven out of nine European locations for a further year, to gain more data for developing hydrogen technology under its HyFLEET: CUTE (clean urban transport for Europe) project. The Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses, supplied by Daimler Chrysler, have been running in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Oporto, Stockholm and Reykjavik since 2003. Each city is running three of the hydrogen-fuelled buses, and operating its own hydrogen ...
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