Aberdeen Drops Hydrogen Buses, Shifts to Electric

0:00On April 21st, Averdeen just scrapped the world's first fleet of hydrogen double-decker buses after dropping nearly 14 million pounds on, 25 of them. The city had big dreams of becoming a global hub for clean hydrogen transport, but fueling station breakdowns sideline the whole operation. Back in 2022, the council teamed up with BP to push this forward, but by September 2024, stations at Kitty Brewster and Cove were out of commission. Come February, they pulled the plug at an urgent business meeting, switching straight to electric vehicles instead. Operators everywhere are making the same move. Like first bus in Glasgow, grabbing 120 battery-powered single and double-deckers that, charge quick overnight and run all day, battery techs leaped the head, cutting long-term costs, way below diesel or hydrogen setups. Hydrogens pitched as green since it just spits out water vapor, but Scotland's projects are hitting roadblocks. The H-100 home heating trial in five faces doubts after the UK Climate Change Committee

1:02said no to it for houses and village pilots in. England got canned outright. Shipping dreams stalled too with a ferry design for Orkney never built, though Norway ran with it. Aviation looks brighter, with zero avia, eyeing a hydrogen hub near Glasgow airport and local air ready to fly them. Still, making hydrogen guzzles more energy than batteries, which keep getting better fast.