According to domestic media reports, the Shandong Provincial Department of Transportation, the Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and the Shandong Provincial Department of Science and Technology recently issued the "Notice on Temporarily Exempting Highway Tolls for Hydrogen Vehicles." In order to actively promote the "Hydrogen Entering Ten Thousand Households" technology demonstration project and encourage hydrogen-powered vehicles to carry out cross-regional operations, in accordance with relevant provincial requirements, the relevant matters regarding the temporary exemption of highway tolls for hydrogen-powered vehicles are hereby notified as follows:
From March 1, 2024,Hydrogen vehicles equipped with ETC equipment on highways in this province will be exempted from highway tolls for a trial period of 2 years. After the expiration, adjustments will be made based on the implementation situation.
At present, relevant departments are actively implementing the implementation details of this policy document.
It is reported that there are currently not many hydrogen energy vehicle models among domestic passenger cars, mainly Toyota Mirai, Dark Blue SL03 hydrogen version, SAIC Maxus MIFA hydrogen, FUNIO7, Hyundai NEXO and other models.
However, due to limitations such as price and energy replenishment, the appearance rate of such hydrogen energy passenger cars is not high, and it is difficult to see one on the road.
However, hydrogen energy power is more common in commercial vehicles. At present, many provinces have tried hydrogen energy fuel cell vehicles in engineering vehicles, buses and other fields, and because the operating routes are relatively fixed, hydrogen refueling stations can also meet their energy replenishment needs.
This time, Shandong Province's expressways are free of charge for hydrogen energy vehicles, and mainly cover such commercial hydrogen energy vehicles.