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A Chinese company has recently added 3,000 hydrogen-powered bicycles to its bike-share scheme in Chengdu\u2019s Xindu district. This follows a smaller pilot scheme of 500 bikes it introduced last year and makes Xindu the first location in China to launch large-scale implementation of hydrogen-powered transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of 21 July, over 200,000 users had registered for an account on the Sichuan Qinglv Technology mobile app, according to the Sichuan Daily<\/a>. More than 1.06 million rides were logged, with a total of over 2.5 million kilometres travelled, the outlet reported. Over the next few months, Qinglv plans to roll out a total of 15,000 such bikes in the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chengdu is among a growing number of cities trialling hydrogen-powered bike-shares as part of broader efforts to decarbonise urban transport in China. Similar initiatives have already been launched<\/a> in Chengdu, Changzhou, Yancheng and Huangshi.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such bikes are powered by hydrogen storage reservoirs that feed into fuel cells which convert hydrogen into electricity. The Qinglv bike\u2019s hydrogen fuel cell system<\/a> has been installed beneath its seat and stores around 100 grams of hydrogen \u2013 enough to power the bike at speeds of up to 25 km\/h for four hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost still remains a barrier to wider adoption. Most hydrogen bikes on the market are priced at around CNY 10,000 (USD 1,375) \u2013 2-3 times that of lithium-ion battery-powered bikes, according to People\u2019s Daily<\/a>. However, this is offset by the slower depreciation of solid-state hydrogen storage, which can go through thousands of cycles, compared to just hundreds for lithium-ion batteries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huang Yuyu, vice president of a hydrogen-focused investment firm, said<\/a> that hydrogen-bike technology has advanced rapidly over the past two years, significantly reducing supply chain costs. He expects the price of a hydrogen bike to fall to around CNY 4,000 (USD 550) within the next two years, which would make them more competitive against lithium-ion battery-powered counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another challenge is regulation. Unlike lithium-ion, \u201ccurrently, there are neither product standards nor operational specifications for hydrogen-powered bicycles\u201d, said<\/a> Zhang Xiang, dean of the New Energy Vehicle Technology Research Institute at Jiangxi New Energy Science and Technology Vocational College. He noted that just a few institutions are researching and discussing these matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Dialogue Earth\u2019s previous <\/em>analysis<\/em><\/a> on why cheap hydrogen produced from industrial by-products might contain a risk of locking in carbon emissions<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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