Poland succeeded in creating hydrogen-bus demand, but Polenergia still backed away from the local green-hydrogen supply intended to serve it.
Poland did something hydrogen advocates have spent years saying governments need to do: it created real demand. Public subsidies helped put hydrogen buses into Polish cities, refueling infrastructure received support, and renewable-hydrogen projects were offered public money as well. By April 2026, Poland had 153 hydrogen buses registered, 140 already … [continued]
OCTA’s hydrogen buses still had years of service life when their depot fuel system became unusable. Hydrogen transit depends on much more than the bus.
The Orange County Transportation Authority is spending another $27.6 million on hydrogen infrastructure as it expands its fuel-cell bus fleet from 10 buses toward 50. Read the announcement quickly and it sounds like ordinary fleet growth: more buses require more fueling capacity. OCTA’s history makes the story much less straightforward. … [continued]
This story came two months and a half late. It was buried under the many stories propped up in the content management system. But the article remains relevant. I adjusted the tone and the tenses to catch up. The hype surrounding Jakarta’s transit transition was already building well before the … [continued]
Hydrogen fuel cell buses and trucks are zero emission electric vehicles, but they need green hydrogen to complete the sustainability loop.
Ember’s all-electric intercity coach fleet shows that scheduled regional coach service can electrify before many expected, while legacy city and regional fleets convert more gradually.
Edinburgh makes electric transit visible. The city has electrified regional rail, trams and a growing number of electric buses, including large battery-electric double-deckers that stand out from the pavement. That progress is important, but it is not especially surprising. Urban buses were always expected to be among the first heavy … [continued]
Lower Saxony’s decision point is not the next fuel-cell repair. It is whether to recapitalize a dedicated hydrogen system after the evidence has moved.
Lower Saxony’s hydrogen trains will probably not be retired because a politician announces that battery-electric multiple units were the better technology. They will be retired when the bill arrives for extending the life of an underused, specialized hydrogen system and the state has to compare that cost with buying the … [continued]
Prague’s early operating data suggest that selective wiring, smaller batteries and higher utilization can electrify difficult bus routes without hydrogen.
Transit agencies often reach for hydrogen after starting with real operating constraints and skipping a systems-design step. Hills, long duties, heavy passenger loads, constrained depots and the need to keep buses moving are treated as evidence that batteries cannot do the work, so the route is labelled a hydrogen case. … [continued]
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is mounting a coordinated push to scale up homegrown electric vehicle technologies as volatile global fuel prices continue to pressure the local transport sector. Driven by its central research arm, the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development, the … [continued]
The quite rural Porterville Unified School District (PUSD) in California, which sits between Los Angeles and San Francisco, or Los Angeles and Sacramento, has decided to go all-in on cleantech. It is getting solar, battery energy storage, and also electric school buses. The school district is working with ForeFront Power … [continued]
The Mobility House presents Fremont Unified School District Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) District Unveiling. Celebrating the opening of one of the first V2G school bus depots in PG&E territory. Photo credit: The Mobility House, by Rich McKie.
Electric school bus batteries are the perfect candidates for vehicle to grid technology to help stabilize the grid.
