Articles by Simon Wilkes

As stricter regulations are enforced on fleet managers of light commercial vehicles (LCV) regarding transport emissions, the demand for a cleaner solution increases.

A project named Waste2Race at the University of Warwick, led by students and engineers at the WMG department, is developing a hydrogen-powered car fuelled by sewage.

JCB chairman Lord Bamford has urged the ‘powers that be’ to introduce the infrastructure so that hydrogen can be more easily accessible for heavy duty machines.

Bosch employs more than 3,000 people in hydrogen technology – and plans to generate sales of roughly 5billion euros by 2030.

Rental and leasing expert Toby Poston says “government support is needed” if hydrogen is to become a “commercially-viable option for road transport”.

The City of Detroit’s Chief of Mobility Innovation Tim Slusser says “hydrogen and EVs are both needed to reach our clean transportation goals”.

Hydrogen ‘could soon be challenging’ diesel for the lead in the provision of fuel for the HGV market, according to Dr David Telford.

If there’s a hydrogen prototype that gets us our pulses racing, it’s the Hyperion XP-1.

Jaguar Land Rover’s Sustainability Manager Jon Tongue says ‘diversity is key’ to the motor industry weaning itself off a reliance on fossil fuels – and feels hydrogen has an important role to play.

Jaguar Land Rover’s Jon Tongue says the company is ‘keeping one eye’ on the hydrogen industry, with the aim to ‘be as nimble and agile as possible if and when the market shifts’.

Driving Hydrogen takes a look at the top 10 hydrogen prototype cars for 2024, giving key information about each model.

Tony Robinson test drove the hydrogen-powered Riversimple car on his Marvellous Machines series on U – and feels it is an ‘engineering solution to an existential problem’.

Rowan Atkinson applauded Toyota’s European-built hydrogen-powered TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Europe Yaris H2 concept after test driving it at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Jaguar Land Rover ‘know hydrogen has a role to play in the future of the transport industry’ – and are leading the charge with a Defender Hydrogen prototype.

MrBeast has nearly 290 million subscribers on Youtube, and was lucky enough to test drive a Hyperion XP-1 on his video $1 vs $100,000,000 Car! (which has had 300m views to date).