Government £2m fund to promote hydrogen-fuelled fleet vehicles

Public and private sector fleets will be able to get up to 75% off the cost of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles thanks to the launch of a £2 million Government fund.
The Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) Fleet Support Scheme will allow local authorities, health trusts, police forces, fire brigades and private companies to bid for funding to add hydrogen-powered vehicles to their fleets.
The fund, launched by the government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), could deliver up to 100 more hydrogen fuel cell cars and vans onto our roads by next spring – the equivalent of tripling the number of vehicles currently in use.
It comes after the Government committed £5m in 2014 through the Hydrogen for Transport Advancement Programme for 12 hydrogen refuelling stations. Transport Minister Andrew Jones (pictured) opened the second of these stations yesterday (May 10) at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington. All 12 stations are expected to be open by the end of the year, which is a significant step towards a national network.
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