Collaborating to Build an Eco-Friendly Hydrogen Ecosystem... Pohang City Holds Meeting on Transition to Hydrogen Buses

Transition to Hydrogen Buses... Meeting Held
Building Consensus on Hydrogen Bus Promotion

Pohang City is accelerating the supply of hydrogen buses to expand eco-friendly transportation.

The city held a meeting on the 18th in the city hall’s mid-sized conference room, bringing together hydrogen bus suppliers and demand institutions with the goal of transitioning to eco-friendly transportation in the public transit sector.

On the 18th, Pohang City held a meeting at City Hall to discuss the transition to hydrogen buses. Photo by Pohang City

The meeting was organized to explore practical support measures for the introduction of hydrogen buses and to establish a cooperative system for converting existing internal combustion engine buses to hydrogen buses.

The meeting was attended by representatives from Pohang City, POSCO, Hyundai Motor Company, Kohyizen, city and intercity bus officials, as well as the charter bus association and its representatives.

At the meeting, Pohang City explained policies regarding the supply of hydrogen vehicles and plans for building hydrogen charging stations, while Hyundai Motor Company presented plans to expand the supply of hydrogen buses.

In particular, discussions were held on expanding the transition to hydrogen buses, improving hydrogen supply and hydrogen bus charging conditions, timely production and supply of hydrogen buses, and maintenance, with various discussions on improvement directions.

The city plans to actively incorporate the opinions of meeting participants to improve institutional and practical issues and to continuously provide administrative and financial support to accelerate the transition to hydrogen mobility.

Kwon Hyuk-won, Director of the Job Economy Bureau, stated, “The transition to hydrogen buses is an essential task for realizing a carbon-neutral city,” and added, “We will continue to create a sustainable transportation environment through close cooperation between hydrogen bus demand and supply institutions.”

Since January, the city has been investing 11.4 billion KRW in the hydrogen vehicle supply project (91 passenger cars and 24 buses) to expand hydrogen vehicle supply and charging stations, and is promoting a liquefied hydrogen-based hydrogen transportation complex project at the northern bus public garage in the Yeongilman 4 Industrial Complex, aiming for completion next year.

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