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Hydrogen refuelling station opens at Sainsbury’s Hendon

Sainsburys hydrogen refuelling station
Fill it up...with hydrogen! A Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell takes advantage of the Sainsbury's Hendon supermarket hydrogen fuelling station

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12 March 2015

A Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell at the Sainsbury's Hendon supermarket hydrogen fuelling station
Fill it up…with hydrogen! A Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell lines up to take advantage of the new Sainsbury’s Hendon supermarket hydrogen fuelling station

NORTH London will benefit from cleaner air with the opening of the country’s first supermarket hosted hydrogen station.

Take a bow Sainsbury’s Hendon supermarket store which now has a hydrogen refuelling station featuring a SmartFuel dispenser.

The role of hydrogen in cleaner air

  • Zero CO2 tailpipe emissions, improves air quality and combats climate change
  • Drivers benefit from a quieter and more comfortable driving experience due to the quiet operation and smooth acceleration of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
  • Refuelling taking less than three minutes
  • Hydrogen powered vehicles offering a similar range and speed as conventional vehicles.
  • Click here to read more on Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Several hydrogen powered Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell cars topped up, as the demand from a burgeoning number of hydrogen-powered fleets ranging from taxis to delivery vans increases.

Business Minister Matthew Hancock said: “Hydrogen cars present us with a huge potential economic opportunity and can bolster our internationally renowned automotive industry. We want to make the UK one of the best places in the world to design, manufacture and sell ultra-low emission vehicles but we need the right infrastructure in place.

“Hydrogen refuelling stations are a step towards a cleaner future.”

Avishai Moor, Sainsbury’s Head of Fuel said: “We’re always looking at ways to offer our customers the latest technology when it comes to fuelling, and hydrogen vehicles are both environmentally friendly and efficient. We’re thrilled to be the first supermarket in the UK to bring this new technology to our customers.”

The 700-bar SmartFuel station at Sainsbury’s Hendon is being delivered as part of an important vital project aimed at creating the UK’s first hydrogen transport system. The London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LHNE) project, backed by UK government, is co-funded by Innovate UK. The Sainsbury’s Hendon hydrogen fuelling station is owned and operated by Air Products.

What is a hydrogen car like to drive?

Read our review of the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell

 

 

 

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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