City of Beijing seeks to increase number of hydrogen vehicles and filling stations by six to sevenfold by 2025
The Chinese capital wants to see 10,000 fuel-cell vehicles and 74 H2 refuelling pumps on its streets in just over three years
Beijing city authorities have announced plans to increase the number of hydrogen vehicles on its streets by more than sixfold by 2025 — from 1,528 today to 10,000 — while increasing the number of hydrogen filling stations from ten to 74.
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“Compared with pure electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles have the characteristics of long cruising range, short [refuelling] time, zero emission and zero pollution, and are especially suitable for application scenarios such as low temperature, mountainous areas, heavy loads, and long-distance transportation,” said the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress in a “news update”.
About 1,200 fuel-cell vehicles — including 800 buses — were used to ferry athletes and officials around Beijing and neighbouring Zhangjiakou at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics earlier this year.
The local authorities also did not state where all the hydrogen used to fuel these vehicles would come from.