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The JCB heir and Wrightbus owner tells Hymotive that China's integrated hydrogen strategy is the model Europe should follow - and that the UK's Climate Change Committee has too few engineers to understand why.
Motorsport News
Three-time Le Mans winner Kazuki Nakajima will drive the TR LH2 Racing Prototype at La Sarthe next week, alongside hydrogen cars from Ligier-Bosch and Alpine.
Van & Pickup News
The first hydrogen combustion van certified for road use is now at UC Riverside for independent testing - claiming 500 km range and a 99% CO2 cut over diesel.
Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure
Europe's largest hydrogen station operator has put the first 2 of 6 new tube trailers into service - each carrying 1,200 kg, and owned by H2 MOBILITY itself rather than the gas producers that conventionally dispatch them.
Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure
Swedish infrastructure company Hydri has opened its 10th hydrogen refuelling station at Nyköpingsbro, completing what the company describes as the country's first connected network for heavy trucks along its busiest freight routes.
Truck News
Oxfordshire firm says its repowered DAF LF is the UK's only road-legal H2 ICE truck, with full diesel-matching power expected by August.
Truck News
Toyota says it will deploy 40 fuel cell Class 8 trucks from Hyroad Energy - the company that bought Nikola's hydrogen fleet out of bankruptcy for $3.85m - to haul freight in Southern California.
Motorsport News
Extreme H confirms its second FIA World Cup will run 29-31 October 2026 at Qiddiya City, with defending champions Hansen and Taylor expected back.
Truck News
Gruber Logistics will run a fuel cell prototype on commercial freight routes in South Tyrol, carrying loads for Nestlé, P&G, and ABB as part of the EU-funded ZEFES project.
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JCB says its 32-foot Hydromax will attempt to exceed 350 mph at Bonneville this August, powered by twin hydrogen combustion engines producing 1,600 bhp - two decades after its Dieselmax set a diesel record that still stands.
Daimler Truck, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Hamburg energy firm MB Energy have signed a deal to build a liquefied hydrogen supply chain from production countries to Europe, with commercial operations targeted for the early 2030s.
The Daimler-Volvo joint venture says its BZA375 system delivers 375 kW from a single unit, consumes under 6 kg of hydrogen per 100 km, and drops into the space vacated by a 13-litre diesel.
Riversimple leads ZELLOR project to develop a lightweight hydrogen car with 400-mile range, backed by £1.7m from the UK Government's DRIVE35 programme.
Deepal, Changan's EV brand, plans a new hydrogen fuel cell car for 2027 with a second-gen system targeting lower costs. The existing SL03 claims 730 km range.
Alstom acquires Cummins rail fuel cell operations to secure supply for iLint hydrogen train fleets after supplier's $458m hydrogen retreat.
BMW says its production hydrogen X5 should manage up to 750 km on a single fill, a substantial improvement on the 504 km the pilot fleet achieved and enough to put clear air between it and the Toyota Mirai.
The trucks use the same HPDI fuel injection system already running in more than 10,000 Volvo gas-powered vehicles - adapted for hydrogen with minimal changes.
City bought New Flyer fuel cell bus in 2024 but never found a hydrogen supplier. It now plans to sell the $1.5 million vehicle to Santa Clara, California at cost.
Toyota signs MoU to join Daimler Truck and Volvo Group as equal partner in cellcentric, the fuel cell joint venture developing hydrogen systems for heavy-duty trucks.
Redesigned fuel cell SUV gets Vehicle-to-Home capability for the Japanese market, with Hyundai showing stations, trucks and trams alongside the car.
The German supplier expands its fuel cell power module range with a compact unit designed to sit on top of 12- to 18-metre urban buses.
