A Hyundai hydrogen bus in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) has unveiled a new national target to have 21,200 hydrogen-powered buses on the country’s roads by 2030 — up from 1,185 today.
The country is also aiming “to replace 25% of all metropolitan buses with hydrogen buses by 2030”, said the ministry in a press release, adding: “Intercity buses, along with city and charter buses, are the main targets for conversion”.
Hyundai — currently the only hydrogen bus maker in the country — stated in April that it was ramping up hydrogen bus production capacity at its factories in the city of Jeonju from 500 a year to 3,000.
Doosan’s HiExium Motors division is also due to start producing hydrogen buses in South Korea by the end of this year.
These developments demonstrate that governments around the world are backing hydrogen as the fuel of the future.
