Hydrogen buses launched in London

The 20 buses will join over 500 electric buses in the core fleet which are already emission-free, aiming to improve the city’s air quality by reducing pollution and forming part of the UK’s wider net zero ambitions. 

Manufactured by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland, with gas cylinders manufactured by Nottingham-based Luxfer, the hydrogen fuel cell powered buses will offer ‘smoother, quieter’ journeys for passengers in addition to being entirely free from harmful emissions, the only by-product being water from the chemical reaction of hydrogen with oxygen from the air.

Supported by over £12m funding from TfL, the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) and the Office of Zero Emission Vehicles, the buses form part of the FCH JU-funded Joint Initiative for Hydrogen Vehicles (JIVE) project which seeks to deploy 139 new zero-emission fuel cell buses and associated refuelling infrastructure across five European countries.