due to be delivered in September . These vehicles will offer the same service as current premium taxi services and will be allocated to standard bookings across London and the Home Counties .
Also , in London , the Metropolitan police are using Toyotal Mirai hydrogen cars and trialing hydrogen scooters . In a city where there ’ s already a decent hydrogen refueling infrastructure , this makes sense . Many cities are also testing hydrogen buses . Last year , another European project rolled out 144 hydrogen buses and seven new refuellng stations .
The future looks bright for hydrogen vehicles with many countries offering grants and subsidies to help improve the infrastructure . In Kia and Hyundai ’ s native South Korea , the government offers subsidies to filling station operators to add hydrogen facilities . The goal is to have 310 stations across the country by 2022 .
More than 45 stations are planned across Europe as part of the H2ME Project by 2020 with a number of those already active , while over in the USA , it ’ s California that ’ s leading the way with 35 of the country ’ s 39 public refueling stations . The pioneering state also has another 29 planned .
Despite the limited infrastructure , the Hydrogen Council has an optimistic view for the long-term , saying there could be around 10 to 15mn hydrogen-powered cars and 500,000 trucks by 2030 and by 2050 that number could grow to 400mn hydrogen cars and 15 to 20mn trucks .
There ’ s no doubt there ’ s a long way to go for FCEVs , but 10 years ago , we were saying the same about electric vehicles .
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