Midlands digger maker JCB has taken delivery of a Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car – just as it develops its own hydrogen technology.The vehicle is one of the first second-generation hydrogen-fuelled Toyota to arrive in the UK since its launch earlier this year. It comes as JCB – which has its global headquarters in Rocester, near Uttoxeter, and a plant at Foston, Derbyshire – invests £100 million in the development of super-efficient hydrogen engines to power its equipment. A team of 100 engineers is already working on the development with the recruitment of up to 50 more under way at the Derbyshire plant as JCB targets the end of 2022 for the first to go on sale. Two prototype hydrogen powered machines have already been produced – a backhoe loader and a Loadall telescopic handler, which were recently displayed at COP26 in Glasgow. It is the second hydrogen fuelled Toyota Mirai bought by JCB following the purchase of a first-generation model in 2015. Toyota’s UK manufac …
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