JCB's prototype excavator opens up the Hydrogen fuel debate. Peter Haddock talks to Dave Luscombe of the Construction Equipment Association about the topic.

With JCB announcing a new 20-tonne 220X excavator prototype, which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Peter Haddock of Content With Media has picked up on the topic of Hydrogen, thanks to sponsor, Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, the used equipment specialist.  In this podcast, Peter talks to Dave Luscombe of the (CEA) Construction Equipment Association about hydrogen as a fuel. They discuss the challenges of delivering hydrogen infrastructure to support new equipment, how emissions are going to be an important part of its uptake and where the industry will go next.  This is the first in a series of Hydrogen and fuel-related podcasts and it is a subject that Content With Media will be covering more in the future.  If you are interested to know more about the new JCB excavator, please see the link below to its announcement. https://www.jcb.com/en-gb/news/2020/07/jcb-leads-the-way-with-first-hydrogen-fuelled-excavator