South Korea plans to ship 2000 hydrogen fuel cell buses in 2022

[Global Network Comprehensive Report] According to the report of the Yonhap News Agency on March 7, the South Korean Ministry of Transportation said that it plans to put 2,000 hydrogen fuel cell buses into operation by 2022, thereby increasing the proportion of environmentally friendly vehicles.

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of South Korea announced that the South Korean government plans to replace 35 fuel buses with battery-electric electric vehicles (FCEVs) this year. It will also subsidize bus companies that use hydrogen-fueled vehicles. The newly replaced 35 hydrogen fuel cells The bus will be put into operation in seven major cities: Seoul, Busan, Ulsan, Gwangju, Changwon, Asan and Ruishan.

Kang Ju-yeob, the department’s director of hydrogen fuel vehicles, said on the phone: “The public transportation sector is a good channel for introducing hydrogen-fueled vehicles. Hydrogen fuel has the potential to become a new generation of fuel, and can become a large commercial vehicle such as buses and production. Equipment fuel has excellent fuel economy.” He also said that in order to increase the popularity of FCEV, it is necessary to expand infrastructure. “To achieve these goals, the Korean government plans to build hydrogen fuel cells in major bus parking lots this year. Moving car hydrogen refueling station.”


Post time: Mar-11-2019