The carmaker will deliver eight ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles to Oslo in 2015 to make use of the hydrogen fuelling network in the city. The vehicles will be tested by a mix of private and corporate users.

Oslo is now the third hydrogen passenger vehicle deployment centre for the consortium and joins its existing activities in Copenhagen and London, where fuelling stations and fleets of passenger cars and taxis are being used to demonstrate the viability of hydrogen technology as a low carbon transport solution.

The project is part-funded by the European Commission’s Fuel Cell Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and is being used to gather operational data on the projects, which is being passed on to other interested European cities.

Diana Raine, HyTEC project coordinator and European business manager hydrogen energy systems at Air Products, said: ‘We are delighted to welcome Hyundai Motor Europe to this exciting project, which will now see Oslo benefit from the consortium’s expertise in hydrogen transport infrastructure and operation. We hope to demonstrate that hydrogen is not a fuel for the future, but a fuel for today that can reduce dangerous emissions and improve air quality in our cities.’