BBC - 'Not Enough Hydrogen' for Region's Hydrogen Buses

H2-View News: Liverpool City Region drops hydrogen buses in favour of electric fleet

Up to 20 hydrogen-powered buses were previously planned to operate in the UK city. However, the authority concluded that global hydrogen supply constraints and high costs made them less practical. Instead, the LCRCA will convert the fleet to battery-electric buses, adding to the electric vehicles already on order as part of its wider bus network

Liverpool switches buses from hydrogen to battery electric

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is converting its 20 hydrogen buses to battery electric.

BBC - 'Not enough hydrogen' for region's hydrogen buses

BBC – ‘Not enough hydrogen’ for region’s hydrogen buses A fleet of 20 hydrogen-fuelled buses – half of which have never been used – will be converted to battery power after the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) said there was not enough hydrogen to run them. Ten of the buses operated by Arriva have been used sporadically since 2023, but only 450 passenger-carrying journeys have been made. Rival operator Stagecoach’s 10 buses have …