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Hydrogen-powered buses now on roads of Beijing Winter Olympics co-host city

A fuel cell ferry bus runs during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

SHIJIAZHUANG: Nearly a year after the city of Zhangjiakou in north China's Hebei Province co-hosted the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 444 hydrogen-powered buses have become the preferred mode of public transport for locals. These buses were first used for the Olympics.

The hydrogen-fueled vehicles can start quickly in the low winter temperatures of minus-30-degrees Celsius in the high-latitude city, some 160 km to the north of Beijing.

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