Global Briefs
Published on August 29th, 2015 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.
0Fossil Free, China Tests Hydrogen-Powered Mass Transit
China has started testing the world’s first hydrogen-powered tram. Although hydrogen fuel cells have been around for a while and are currently being used and tested in a variety of vehicles, including buses, the country is the first to master the technology for trams.
Hydrogen is extremely abundant and can be extracted from a variety of sources, both renewable and non-renewable. Hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles produce zero emissions, only water. One tank lasts for about 60 miles and takes three minutes to refuel.
See the vehicle in action at Tinyurl.com/ChineseHydrogenTrain.