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BMW’s Dr. Jürgen Guldner tells Driving Hydrogen why the iX5 Hydrogen proves fuel cells are ready, why 2028 is BMW’s moment for a production hydrogen X5, and how infrastructure, trucks and industry will make it work.

Kubota has unveiled an autonomous hydrogen fuel cell tractor at Expo 2025 Osaka. The 100-hp machine tackles emissions and labour shortages, with field trials planned in Japan.

Uzbekistan has launched Central Asia’s first green hydrogen project, producing 3,000 tonnes a year for fertiliser, backed by ACWA Power, EBRD and global partners in an $88m investment.

AFIR sets binding EU rules for alternative fuels infrastructure, including hydrogen refuelling. Learn what the regulation means, its 2027 targets, and why it could solve Europe’s hydrogen ‘chicken-and-egg’ problem.

The Netherlands has awarded over €40m to boost hydrogen transport, funding refuelling stations and vehicles as grid congestion drives demand for alternatives to electrification.

The APC warns the UK could miss out on Europe’s hydrogen truck boom without urgent investment in fuel cell and storage innovation, as demand heads for 100,000 units a year.

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.

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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.

GP JOULE has opened a new HYCEL hydrogen refuelling station in Hürup, Germany, supplying green hydrogen to Hyundai XCIENT trucks as part of the eFarm project.

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.