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Extreme H results: Team STARD beat Jameel Motorsport in razor-thin head-to-head on day two

Team STARD snatched victory from Jameel Motorsport by 0.082 s in the Extreme H head-to-head final in Qiddiya, as hydrogen racing builds to its first ever World Cup finale.

4 months ago - 3 mins read
Extreme H day one winner team KMS hold their medals. (Image: Extreme H)

Extreme H results: Team KMS edges Jameel Motorsport in nail-biting opener

Team KMS opened the FIA Extreme H World Cup with a narrow Time Trial victory in Qiddiya City, beating Jameel Motorsport by just 0.5 seconds as hydrogen-powered racing made its competitive debut in Saudi Arabia.

4 months ago - 3 mins read
Bosch hydrogen fuel cell truck operating at Nuremberg plant, powered by Bosch FCPM and operated by Schäflein

Bosch’s first hydrogen truck goes into service in Nuremberg

Bosch has deployed its first hydrogen fuel cell truck in day-to-day use at its Nuremberg plant, powered by the company’s own Fuel Cell Power Module. A major step for real-world validation.

4 months ago - 3 mins read
Honda technician assembles hydrogen fuel cell stack for 2025 CR-V e:FCEV at Ohio R&D facility

Honda expands US hydrogen R&D footprint in Ohio

Honda has expanded its hydrogen R&D presence in Ohio, positioning the facility as a key development site for fuel cell systems, advanced materials, and energy technologies in the US.

4 months ago - 3 mins read

Extreme H: Ready to race as final testing complete for hydrogen’s first FIA World Cup

The world’s first hydrogen off-road racer is ready. After final testing in Saudi, drivers say the 550 bhp Pioneer 25 feels tougher, faster and more reliable ahead of the FIA Extreme H World Cup’s opening round.

4 months ago - 3 mins read
Grid lineup for 2025 FIX Extreme H World Cup. (Image: Extreme H)

Extreme H: Final teams and drivers grid for hydrogen’s first World Cup

Extreme H’s first ever hydrogen World Cup kicks off in Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia, with eight teams, sixteen drivers and the 550 hp Pioneer 25 fuel-cell racer – meet the full grid and find out who’s driving what.

4 months ago - 5 mins read

JCB’s hydrogen digger gets to work on the Lower Thames Crossing

JCB’s hydrogen digger is now working on the Lower Thames Crossing – the world’s first hydrogen construction machine used on a live site.

4 months ago - 4 mins read

BMW Leipzig to become world’s first car plant with direct hydrogen pipeline

BMW’s Leipzig plant will become the world’s first car factory supplied with hydrogen by pipeline, under new agreements with MITNETZ GAS and ONTRAS.

4 months ago - 3 mins read

Exclusive interview: BMW’s Dr. Jürgen Guldner on hydrogen cars, infrastructure and why 2028 is the moment

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.

4 months ago - 10 mins read
Kubota hydrogen fuel cell 100hp autonomous tractor. (Image: Kubota)

Kubota unveils autonomous hydrogen tractor at Expo 2025 Osaka

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.

4 months ago - 3 mins read

Central Asia’s first ever green hydrogen project launches in Uzbekistan

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.

4 months ago - 3 mins read
Hydrogen refuelling station in Tallinn Estonia. (Image: Utilitas)

What is AFIR – and what does it mean for hydrogen? 

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.

4 months ago - 3 mins read

Netherlands awards over 40 million Euros to hydrogen transport sector 

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

4 months ago - 3 mins read
VDL hydrogen truck powered by a Toyota fuel cell. (Image: Toyota)

UK at risk of missing hydrogen truck boom, APC warns

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.

4 months ago - 3 mins read

Industry giants tell Brussels: €8 hydrogen or Europe loses the truck race

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.

4 months ago - 7 mins read

Road Haulage and Construction Plant-hire Associations warn UK risks losing out on hydrogen heavy transport

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.

4 months ago - 4 mins read

Hydrogen still on the table as Porsche explores future fuels

Porsche are self-proclaimed game changers of the automotive industry and have a tendency to be omnipresent at major technological shifts in vehicle engineering. It was Ferdinand Porsche himself who designed…

4 months ago - 3 mins read
(Illustrative image: Toyota Bus)

Isuzu and Toyota team up on next-gen hydrogen fuel cell bus, production from 2026

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.

5 months ago - 2 mins read

Toyota: hydrogen will replace diesel in the 2030s, says Aussie sales boss

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.

5 months ago - 3 mins read
Extreme H race car in Qiddiya City desert landscape ahead of October hydrogen racing launch

Four teams confirmed for FIA Extreme H World Cup debut in Saudi Arabia

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.

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