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Legal change gives hydrogen-fuelled agricultural and construction vehicles access to UK roads

A recent legislation amendment driven by JCB now allows construction and agricultural vehicles legally access to UK roads

Toby Whatley
Head of Machinery and 51AVÊÓÆµTechnology
clock • 2 min read
Legal change gives hydrogen-fuelled agricultural and construction vehicles access to UK roads

Bureaucratic as it may sound, but access to legal use the UK public road network is controlled, in part, by the type of fuel vehicles use when travelling on it. Specifically part of the Road Vehicles (Construction...

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