Promoting the introduction of fuel cell buses and taxis
Outcomes
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135 fuel cell buses, including 80 Toei Buses, at the end of FY 2024
* Goal: Approximately 300 buses by the end of FY 2030 - Subsidization for fuel cell taxis will begin in FY 2025
Fuel cell bus (Bureau of Transportation, TMG)
Subsidization
● Subsidizing introduction costs
Basic subsidies combined with national subsidies allow introduction at the same prices as those of conventional vehicles (diesel buses or LP gas taxis).
- Up to 50 million yen for FC buses
- Up to 3.7 million yen for FC taxis including bodywork costs
Additional subsidies apply to (1) Introduction plans of five or more vehicles* within five years, or (2) The case where a hydrogen refueling station is installed at sales offices etc.
- Up to 20 million yen for FC buses
- Up to 2.4 million yen for FC taxis * Three or more FC taxis for SMEs
● Subsidizing fuel costs
* Maximum subsidies are revised every fiscal year based on the price difference from deisel oil and LP gas.
- For FC buses, subsidies are provided to hydrogen refueling stations in Tokyo to cover the difference in the selling prices of hydrogen and deisel oil used for buses with Tokyo license plates.
- For FC taxis, subsidies are provided to cover the difference in costs between hydrogen and LP gas (up to 1.3 million yen per taxi & year).
