He was greeted by Lord and Lady Bamford before walking the assembly line of the backhoe loader ... he was shown how to refuel JCB’s recently-developed hydrogen-powered combustion engine.

JCB manufactures diesel engines for big machines, but is now looking to switch things up for a cleaner future. To that end, the company is working on hydrogen-burning engines for its big machines.

Nonetheless, in July 2020, JCB engineers began to design an engine for a backhoe that runs completely on hydrogen. Six months later, the first working prototype was tested, as the engineers ...

The King was given an insight into JCB's hydrogen technology by Chairman Anthony Bamford ... George Bamford and JCB chief executive Graeme Macdonald before going on a tour of the backhoe loader ...

During his tour, His Majesty walked the backhoe loader assembly line ... In the company's Innovation Centre, His Majesty viewed JCB's groundbreaking hydrogen-powered machinery.

The King helps fit a tyre to a backhoe loader and refuel a recently developed hydrogen-powered combustion engine at JCB’s headquarters in Staffordshire, to mark the company’s 80th anniversary.