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JCB adds to its hydrogen fleet with fuel cell electric Toyota Mirai
Thursday 2nd December 2021
JCB has taken delivery of a second-generation hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai as the digger giant develops its own hydrogen technology. Delivered to JCB’s headquarters in Uttoxeter, the fuel cell vehicle’s arrival comes as the company invests £100 million in the development of hydrogen engines to power its equipment. Two prototype hydrogen powered machines… Read more
Chargepoints falls further behind EV uptake
Thursday 2nd December 2021
New analysis by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has revealed that the ratio of vehicle chargepoints to plug-in cars deteriorated by 31% during 2020. The research shows that at the end of 2019 there was one public chargepoint for every 11 electric vehicles or hybrids, but by the end of 2020 that ratio had… Read more
Hydrogen project to provide zero-carbon fuel
Monday 22nd November 2021
A hydrogen storage project near Glasgow has received £9.4m in government funding to help drive progress towards decarbonising the UK transport sector. The investment will see the Whitelee green hydrogen project develop an electrolyser, a system which converts water into hydrogen gas to store energy. It will be located alongside Scottish Power’s Whitelee… Read more
CAPS celebrates Global Security Standard
Monday 15th November 2021
The secure data exchange platform CAPS has successfully passed the rigorous Type 1 Service Organisation Control (SOC2) security examination. This is a significant milestone in a year that has seen CAPS continue to grow rapidly, both in terms of numbers of users and transacting claims over the platform. SOC2 is… Read more
Twenty hydrogen-fuelled buses for Go-Ahead
Monday 15th November 2021
The Go-Ahead Group has signed a contract to buy its first hydrogen powered buses, as part of a deal which could become the largest of its kind in Europe. Brighton & Hove and Metrobus has ordered 20 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from Wrightbus, the Northern Irish manufacturer, for deployment on… Read more
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