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China expands hydrogen bike-share network

Niu Yuhan | August 7, 2025

A Chinese company has recently added 3,000 hydrogen-powered bicycles to its bike-share scheme in Chengdu’s Xindu district. This follows a smaller pilot scheme of 500 bikes it introduced last year and makes Xindu the first location in China to launch large-scale implementation of hydrogen-powered transport.

As of 21 July, over 200,000 users had registered for an account on the Sichuan Qinglv Technology mobile app, according to the Sichuan Daily. More than 1.06 million rides were logged, with a total of over 2.5 million kilometres travelled, the outlet reported. Over the next few months, Qinglv plans to roll out a total of 15,000 such bikes in the district.

Chengdu is among a growing number of cities trialling hydrogen-powered bike-shares as part of broader efforts to decarbonise urban transport in China. Similar initiatives have already been launched in Chengdu, Changzhou, Yancheng and Huangshi.

Such bikes are powered by hydrogen storage reservoirs that feed into fuel cells which convert hydrogen into electricity. The Qinglv bike’s hydrogen fuel cell system has been installed beneath its seat and stores around 100 grams of hydrogen – enough to power the bike at speeds of up to 25 km/h for four hours...more
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