Articles by Matt Lister

Europe’s hydrogen truck rollout needs €8/kg fuel, truck-scale stations and equal policy treatment with batteries, warns GHMA at EU Hydrogen Week in Brussels.

The Hydrogen Energy Association, RHA and CPA urge the UK government to back hydrogen for heavy transport, warning that without urgent action the UK risks falling behind Europe.

Isuzu and Toyota will launch a next-generation hydrogen fuel cell route bus in 2026, built at J-Bus in Tochigi and based on Isuzu’s BEV platform with a Toyota fuel cell system.

Toyota Australia’s sales boss says hydrogen will replace diesel from the 2030s. Sean Hanley pointed to 2035 as the tipping point, even as diesel still makes up nearly half of Toyota’s local sales.

Extreme H is go. Hansen, Carl Cox, JBX and STARD are the first to sign up for the world’s first hydrogen off-road race in Qiddiya this October.

Element 2 has placed an order with French manufacturer HRS (Hydrogen Refuelling Solutions) for a first-of-its-kind mobile hydrogen refuelling station, to be deployed in Glasgow.

The RAF has handed ULEMCo a MAN HX 4×4 truck, rebuilt with a 3.3-litre Ford Performance V6 running 100% on hydrogen, now set to serve at RAF Leeming as a cargo flatbed.

A BMW, Daimler, Toyota and GP Joule panel in Berlin has called for a German “Hydrogen Masterplan for Transport” to scale fuel cell cars, buses and trucks, stressing industrial readiness and the need for coordinated infrastructure rollout.

Hino will launch Japan’s first mass-produced hydrogen truck on 24 October 2025. The Profia Z FCV uses two Mirai fuel cells, stores 50 kg of hydrogen for a 650 km range, and has been tested over 400,000 km.

BMW has confirmed its first hydrogen production car will be the iX5 Hydrogen, launching in 2028 after a million-kilometre global pilot fleet test and five decades of hydrogen research.

Daimler Bus is testing its first hydrogen-powered Setra coach on public roads. The H₂ Coach packs 46 kg of hydrogen, a 300 kW fuel cell and 800 km range for zero-emission touring.

Tallinn has launched the Baltics’ first full green hydrogen value chain, with 30 Toyota Mirai cars available via Bolt, a new Väo production site, and Estonia’s first retail hydrogen station opening soon.

Daimler Truck boss Karin Rådström says Europe needs 2,000 hydrogen truck stations by 2030 – up from just a few hundred today – warning that infrastructure must catch up with zero-emission truck production.

Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia, will host the first FIA Extreme H World Cup on 9-11 October 2025, as Extreme E hands over the baton from batteries to hydrogen.

FIA signs multi-year deal with Extreme H to launch the world’s first hydrogen-powered World Cup. The series debuts in Saudi Arabia in 2025, showcasing fuel cell racing and mixed-gender driver teams.

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has become the first major international airport to run a pilot using hydrogen-powered vehicles as part of its daily operations.

Toyota showed a Crown FCEV at Cenex Expo with a factory power take-off, supplying 9kW continuous output and up to a week of backup power, as Toyota GB tests demand in UK fleets.

Toyota will deliver 200 Crown fuel cell taxis by 2025 as part of the TOKYO H2 initiative. The programme aims to put 600 hydrogen taxis on Tokyo’s streets by 2030 and scale clean commercial transport.

Europe’s auto lobby warned the EU that its transport decarbonisation plan is “no longer feasible” and threatens a vital industry.

Colruyt Group has deployed OPmobility-powered hydrogen trucks for supermarket deliveries in Belgium, running at full payload under the EU-backed H2Haul programme.