Hydrogen sirens: Metropolitan Police to roll out fuel cell cars

Madeleine Cuff
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UK's largest police force to order new hydrogen-powered squad cars under government-funded project

The Metropolitan Police is joining taxi and car hire firms in a new government project to expand the use of hydrogen fuel cell cars. Almost 200 new hydrogen-powered cars will be bought for use by the...

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