JCB has been showcasing the world’s first diggers powered by hydrogen combustion engines.
Engineers at the JCB Power Systems engine factory in Derbyshire have been working on adapting established technology, using available components, to make an engine that burns hydrogen in exactly the same way traditional engine burns diesel.
The digger business is putting £100 million in developing the new type of engine which it says is less complicated than hydrogen fuel-cell technology being developed elsewhere – and the only by-product is steam.
