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The German state railway group Deutsche Bahn (DB), which also operates local public road transport services, has reached a framework agreement with Portuguese manufacturer Caetanobus for the supply of hydrogen-powered vehicles, which will start running in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein from 2024.

A Caetano hydrogen fuel cell bus will be showcased for three days in Paks, Hungary, as part of the Central and Eastern European hydrogen bus roadshow launched by the JIVE2 project, co-financed by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership.

In three days, it will drive six hundred kilometres through the streets of Most in a test run. It will be deployed on a demanding route with several elevation changes, it has only water vapour coming out of its exhaust, and it is powered by an unconventional fuel - hydrogen! This is the unique CaetanoBus, designed in cooperation with Toyota and expected to provide Most with accurate data on whether hydrogen is a promising future fuel for public transport vehicles.

A CaetanoBus hydrogen fuel cell bus started its 7-day tour of Slovenia on 17 November in Tolmin with an environmental consultation on the possibilities of using hydrogen technologies for bus transport, organised by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Northern Primorska region and attended by representatives of municipalities, universities, hydrogen associations and hydrogen professionals from several EU countries.