Now the city has become the second French city to abandon its hydrogen bus project and opt for battery electric buses.
The buses transport 5 million passengers over a million kilometers and avoid more than 1,000 tons of CO2. But the development of electric buses and lack of subsidies mean that future vehicle purchases will be for battery powered vehicles.
The buses transport 5 million passengers over a million kilometers and avoid more than 1,000 tons of CO2. But the development of electric buses and lack of subsidies mean that future vehicle purchases will be for battery powered vehicles.
Frequent breakdowns of the Van Hool Exqui.City FC 18m hydrogen buses and the fact that the hydrogen fuel bill is now almost double to what was planned result in the project no longer being viable.
The decision by Pau follows Montpellier, which last year canceled the plan to buy more than 50 hydrogen buses after officials determined that operating the same number of electric buses would cost only one-sixth of the original project, a savings of 2.5 million euros.
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Details of the 2019 launch here
Pau is located in southern France, close to the Spanish border.
