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Arnhem local authority, together with the Province of Gelderland, the regional authorities of Arnhem-Nijmegen, and the business sector, plan to invest 2.6 million euro in hydrogen-based urban cars and buses.

All vehicles will eventually be refuelled at the first hydrogen filling station in the Netherlands. Experiments are currently taking place using a converted Subaru Impreza – rebuilt by students at HAN. However, the initiators of this project are also looking at Toyota Prius cars, as well as Mitsubishis and Fiats with electric motors and fuel cells.

The fuel cell buses are already in production at the company e-Traction. Other suppliers, such as Hygear, Air Products and VéBé van Steijn are supplying the hydrogen pump installation for the filling station, the hydrogen generator to convert methane gas into hydrogen, and the safe transport of hydrogen from the generator to the fuel cell tank.