China doesn’t have many trams but that might change soon as the coastal city of Qingdao rolls out their new streetcar system.
What makes Qingdao’s system particularly notable is the trams will run on hydrogen with water being the only by-product of the vehicle.
The Qingdao city leaders hope the hydrogen trams will reduce the chronic air pollution the city, like most Chinese urban centres, suffers.
Should the trams be successful, hydrogen fuel cells will be another shift from mains electricity and motor vehicles. As we’re seeing, being off the grid might soon be a viable option.
