Heavy Machinery

JCB’s hydrogen loadall gets real-world testing with BAM Construction, proving it works just as well as diesel – but without the emissions.

Komatsu and KEYOU are testing a 12-cylinder hydrogen combustion dump truck, aiming to cut emissions while maintaining diesel-like power.

Cummins completes Project Brunel, developing a UK-built 6.7-litre hydrogen combustion engine for commercial vehicles and heavy duty machines.

King Charles visited JCB to celebrate its 80th anniversary and see its hydrogen-powered machines in action. JCB aims to swap diesel for hydrogen, keeping power while cutting emissions.

Liebherr is bringing hydrogen combustion to Bauma 2025 with the L 566 H – the firm’s first large hydrogen-powered wheeled loader.

Hyundai Construction Equipment is showing off its HW155H hydrogen fuel cell powered wheeled excavator at Bauma 2025.

After three years, £100 million, and countless cups of tea, JCB’s hydrogen combustion engine has been signed off by 11 licensing authorities.

A new report by the UK Gov’s DESNZ, recommends that hydrogen internal combustion engines should be actively promoted for off-road machines.

The German Government have put €5.1million on the table to research hydrogen internal combustion engines for construction and farm machinery.

BMW is ditching electric batteries for hydrogen fuel cells to power its forklifts and tugger trains its flagship Regensburg factory.

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.

Balfour Beatty has taken a pioneering step in decarbonising its existing heavy machinery by retrofitting vehicles with a hybrid hydrogen system.

STEYR and TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) have teamed up to create the FCTRAC – a hydrogen-powered tractor that could revolutionise green agriculture.

With over 120 hydrogen engines produced so far, JCB is leading the way when it comes to developing the future of green energy in both the construction and agricultural industry.

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks and Mörtlbauer Baumaschinen Vertriebs GmbH have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in sustainable heavy-duty transport with their hydrogen internal combustion engine powered machine prototypes.