Aberdeen City Council has added two custom-built hydrogen vans to its fleet as the city moves forward with its hydro strategy.
The two Euro5 Ford Transits, unveiled on Thursday morning to two transport study tours visiting Aberdeen as part of the 15th annual North Sea Region Conference, are the first vehicles of their kind to be deployed in Scotland.
The vans, which have been converted using Revolve H2ICED technology (dual fuelled internal combustion engine), contain a data-logging USB which records fuel consumption, location and other data which will be used to analyse vehicle performance.
The city has already secured the world’s largest fleet of 10 hydrogen buses as part of the Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project, which is due to be in public service by late autumn.
“We have already made great strides on this by working closely with our European partners to develop and test hydrogen technologies, and we continue to do so with a view to securing a renewable source of clean energy which can be used for a variety of purposes, including transport,” said Council leader Jenny Laing.
“The development and deployment of hydrogen-powered vehicles is key to furthering the development of hydrogen technology.”
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