Etemaad | Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to Launch Hydrogen-based Advanced FCEV

Mar 06,2023

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri will launch a Hydrogen-based advanced Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) in New Delhi today.

The launch of the bus is an effort of the central government as part of its commitment toward cleaner energy and low-carbon pathways. The project is similar to the one launched earlier at Kevadia in Gujarat.

Earlier, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that as part of the central scheme, the government is looking at new technology and wanted to introduce city buses running on green hydrogen.

He had said that the government will use these buses in a modal urban centre which is going to start with 50 buses.

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Oil India Limited’s (OIL) indigenously developed hydrogen fuel cell-based e-bus at the India Energy Week (IEW) in Bengaluru.