Are electric cars a blind alley?

 Hydrogen vehicle engine designed by British engineers given mass approval - 'Bodes well for the future'

  • Story by Felix Reeves

  • Hydrogen vehicles have been handed a major boost after one of Britain's most successful companies was given the green light to use the fuel more readily.
  • JCB has achieved a major breakthrough in hydrogen technology after securing approval from multiple European licensing authorities to commercially use its hydrogen combustion engine in machines.
  • The construction equipment manufacturer has become the first company to develop a fully functioning hydrogen-fuelled combustion engine for its sector.
  • The landmark development marks a significant step forward in zero-emissions solutions for agriculture and construction, while boosting the popularity of hydrogen for general use across motoring.
  • The questions is: why trade-in your existing, reliable vehicle for an electric version?  The network of garage filling stations is already in place and easily expanded to accommodate a row of liquid hydrogen pumps. There is a large network of underground tubes in existence, and no special charging points are required. Plus, no expensive, rare-earth batteries are needed.

  • Electric car project scrapped after installing just one charger despite massive 60,000 target
  • A major electric vehicle charging scheme, launched by one of the biggest technology companies in the UK, has been scrapped with just one charger installed.
  • Etc., the startup and digital arm of the BT Group, announced last January that it would be transforming old green street cabinets into electric car charging units to help boost the uptake of zero emission vehicles.
  • It had plans to extend the usefulness of near-end-of-life green boxes on streets, with hopes that up to 60,000 street cabinets could be used.
  • However, after one year, BT has announced that it has ended the pilot scheme after installing just one charger in East Lothian.
  • motoring@gbnews.uk


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