Now, I’m no fan of Ken Livingstone. But he has announced that the Greater London Authority has placed an order for 10 hydrogen powered buses from US manufacturer ISE Corp.
Ken’s goal is to have 5% of London’s buses running on hydrogen by 2015, which seems like a slow start, but at least its a start.
The buses are expensive at £1m each, but if other European cities could be encouraged to move in the same direction, that cost will come down.
In the meantime, the rest of London’s buses will continue to be fueled via Hugo Chavez.