Livingstone unveils £9M hydrogen bus strategy

15 November 2007

The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has announced that 10 new hydrogen-powered buses will be on the capital’s streets by 2010.

Transport for London has signed one of the world’s first commercial contracts for hydrogen buses with American company ISE for £9.65M. Five vehicles will be hydrogen fuel cell-driven and five will be hydrogen internal combustion engine buses.

All will be operated by First on behalf of TfL. In February 2006, the Mayor announced the London hydrogen transport programme, which aims to introduce 70 new hydrogen vehicles into London – ten of these vehicles will be buses.

The hydrogen vehicles were first trialled in London at the end of 2003. Ken Livingstone said: ‘London is now the first city in Europe to commit to a hydrogen bus fleet of this size, which will match traditional diesel buses in terms of performance.

This represents a huge step forward from the previous hydrogen trials in the capital and is an important step towards my target of having five per cent of all public sector fleet vehicles powered by hydrogen by 2015.’

The ISE contract covers not only the initial cost of the vehicles themselves but also the specialist maintenance and replacement parts over a five-year period after delivery.

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