Hydrogen cars are finally here but what are they, how do they work and should you buy one?
Local authorities, health trusts, police forces, fire brigades and private companies can now bid for £2 million worth of Government funding to add hydrogen-powered vehicles to their fleets.
The money will cover up to 75 per cent of the costs of new vehicles bought by April 2017, as well as the cost of running them for up to 3 years. Support will also be available for the leasing or renting of cars, insurance, hydrogen fuel and servicing.
The fund, launched by the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles, could bring up to 100 more hydrogen fuel cell cars and vans onto UK roads by next spring – the equivalent of tripling the number of vehicles currently in use.
Transport minister Andrew Jones said: "We are always looking at new ways to make the vehicles of the future cleaner, and hydrogen fuel cells are an important part of our vision for almost all cars and vans to be zero-emission by 2050.