FUEL-CELL BUSES LAUNCHED IN CHINA
September 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPORT is providing a welcome fillip to greening public transport services in developing countries, with Olympics-enthused China overseeing the rollout of hydrogen fuel-cell buses in polluted Beijing. The emissions laden smog that athletes will suck into their lungs in summer 2008 is already causing some concern, but a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) coordinated project will make a small dent in air pollution. Three new fuel-cell buses have now started an 18.2 kilometre route from the North Gate of the Summer Palace to the Wudaokou ...
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