COVERSTORY
NZ HYDROGEN CITY BUS
TRANSVISION VAMP
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ne could imagine the stress and disappointment of the little kid – presumably – on some ‘far, far away’ farm who dropped that first basket of eggs one morning when racing from the chicken pen out in the cold back into the warmth of home, one winter’s morning, aeons ago. If it were any consolation to them, mankind got one of its iconically famous adages out of it that has probably
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steered the decision-making process of billions of people the world over in myriad situations and circumstances: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!” When it comes to electro-mobility transition and the public transport sector in particular, operators across the globe are assessing, testing and pondering a range of technologies in the quest for low-to-zero emissions. Such is the path we’ve all been set on. Hydrogen fuel-cell buses – depending on the route, location, charging
infrastructure and or other topographical considerations – are getting serious consideration from those bus types discerning enough looking to maximise cost efficiency in meeting such goals … and not throwing everything into the ‘fully electric bus basket’. Where a bit of distance and passenger capacity – in turn weight – is concerned, hydrogen fuel-cell ‘city bus’ trials are certainly things many are keen to watch. This brings us to the first extra-large, three-axle hydrogen fuel-cell city bus
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