Hydrogen bus fire...
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:30 pm
from another forum:
I'm sure we shall be told it is just one of those teething problems which are only to be expected!
and people who said hydrogen was too dangerous to be used as a road fuel were called Jonahs! If an experimental / industrial set-up can't get it right, what chance Joe Public?Just hours after a press release was issued about it's arrival, the very first hydrogen powered bus of Arriva Netherlands caught fire after an accident in the workshop in their Doetinchem depot.
The bus was completely destroyed in the fire, as well as the workshop itself and another diesel powered bus which stood next to the hydrogen bus. The fire brigade managed, helped by the safety systems of the bus, to avoid an explosion of the hydrogen tanks.
Another nine hydrogen buses were expected to arrive from Polish manufacturer Solaris in the coming weeks, scheduled to be in service as of december 2021. This might however be delayed due to the fire.
Source (in Dutch): https://www.gld.nl/nieuws/7427452/n...o ... er-gegeven
I'm sure we shall be told it is just one of those teething problems which are only to be expected!