Air Liquide S.A. has opened a new hydrogen filling station in Saint-Lo in the Manche department, France. The Manche General Council is the first local authority in France to have a hydrogen station for its vehicles. The Manche General Council had trusted Air Liquide in July 2014 with the design and delivery of the station.

It will, at first, supply the community's ten Electric Vehicles. In a second stage, thirty more vehicles from partnering communities and buses are to use the station. In France, the implementation of this hydrogen filling station is a first step in the deployment of an infrastructure making it possible to provide this natural energy, an alternative to fossil fuels, for a sustainable mobility.

The Air Liquide hydrogen filling station enable to refill a vehicle's tank in less than 5 minutes offering a driving range that can reach up to 500km in average.