Japan will begin testing the country’s first hydrogen-fueled train in March 2022 as its is moving toward the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
- The two-car “Hybari” train — a combination of hybrid and the Japanese word for a lark — cost about $35 million to develop and can travel up to 140km at a top speed of 100kmph on a single filling of hydrogen.
- East Japan Railway Co., has developed the train in partnership with Toyota Motor Corp. and Hitachi Ltd..
- The company plans to use them to replace its diesel fleet and look to export markets. Commercial services are scheduled to begin in 2030. Japan has made hydrogen a key clean-energy source to reach net zero.
- The Japanese government has said it aims to boost hydrogen’s usage amount to 20 million tons by 2050.
- Germany had rolled out the world’s first hydrogen train in 2018.
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