JIVE (Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe) paves the way to the commercialization of fuel cell buses through the deployment of 142 units across 8 locations, more than doubling the number of fuel cell buses operating in Europe. Through this, JIVE strives to address the main issues of fuel cell buses identified in high ownership costs (relative to conventional buses), obtaining public transport levels of availability and development of refueling infrastructure. JIVE uses coordinated procurement activities to unlock the economies of scale which are required to reduce the cost of the buses. They will operate in large fleets of 10-30 buses, reducing the overhead costs per bus, as well as allowing more efficient supply chains and maintenance operations compared to previous deployments. JIVE will also test new hydrogen refueling stations with the required capacity to serve fleets in excess of 20 buses.
Specific objectives of JIVE:
– Achieve 30% cost reduction versus state of the art
– Operate 50% of the vehicles for at least 36 months
– Deploy the largest capacity hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) in Europe and achieve near 100% reliability
– Demonstrate technological readiness of FC buses and HRS and encourage further uptake
[Latest update: September2024]
