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The trucks ditching diesel and driving themselves

A hydrogen-powered commercial vehicle innovator, HVS, has been awarded £6.6m of government funding to develop a zero-emission, autonomous HGV for the UK market.

From addressing the climate emergency to the shortage of HGV drivers, is this the future?

1 February 2023

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The BBC's Lily Jamali is on the left of a split screen with a driverless Tesla taxi on the right

Musk promises self-driving Tesla taxis, but are they safe?

Rows of cars line a car park at night with red lights on and some in a queue

Driverless cars wake residents with nighttime honking

Man trimming his beard while driving on motorway

Driver caught trimming beard while on motorway

Virgin Atlantic flight

Watch: Take off for ground-breaking green fuel flight

Self-driving bus

Watch: Reporter takes a ride on a self-driving bus

Beds, Herts & Bucks

David R. Large driving as part of the study

Driver disguises himself as car seat for study

The technology means an operator back at base can drive rental vehicles to and from customers.

Watch a remotely driven hire car in action

Beds, Herts & Bucks

Bus

'World first' self-driving buses ready for roads

Driverless taxi

Take a ride around San Francisco in a driverless taxi

The manager of a haulage company says a strike at the UK's largest container port will hit business.

'There are so many industries being affected'

TikTok Trucker Tim

TikTok Trucker Tim inspiring new lorry drivers

Presentational grey line

Hydrogen fuel trials under way at Unilever factory

yellow brick

Could these yellow bricks save Welsh steam trains?

Birmingham Airport's Auto Shuttle

The airport bus without a driver

Birmingham & Black Country

Mervyn and Joanna Lynn

'I love driving so it just made sense'

Northern Ireland

Emily George

'People are stunned I'm training as an HGV driver'

Ian McCusker

HGV driver training scheme launched by council

Lorry

Why European HGV drivers don't want to work in UK

Hydrogen

Why this element could help tackle climate change

Science & Environment

Becky Giles

'Driving an HGV should be for anyone'

Rachel Reeves

Watch: Reeves 'deeply proud' to be first female chancellor

The Chancellor has presented her first Budget in the Commons.

Twins James and John Makanjuola,

The twins cleaning London's unloved spaces

Entrepreneurs James and John run a cleaning firm, but take it to the next level in their spare time.

Paula Vennells at the Post Office inquiry

Key moments from former Post Office chief's three-day testimony

Paula Vennells faced three days of questions about her role in the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters.

Paula Vennells reaching for a tissue in the Post Office inqiuiry

Ex-Post Office boss cries while giving evidence

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells is speaking about the incident for the first time in ten years.

Santiago Paredes

Whistleblower claims Boeing supplier sent faulty parts

Spirit AeroSystems supplied Boeing with faulty parts, a former quality inspector has told the BBC.

Tatti Lashes

Tatti Lashes: The school friends who built a beauty empire

Charlotte Tiplady and Elliot Barton explain how together they built up their Tatti Lashes beauty empire from Liverpool.

Ocado has added robotic arms to its newest warehouse near Luton.

Watch Ocado robots in action

Ocado has added robotic arms to its newest warehouse near Luton.

Business Headlines

BBC World News business headlines

The latest international business headlines from BBC World News.

Jo Hamilton

'I feel survivor's guilt' says Post Office victim

Former sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton told BBC Breakfast she feels "guilt" after settling with the government over the Horizon IT scandal.

Woman in sunglasses smiling while answering questions related to the Budget

Watch: 'My biggest financial regret is...'

People in Kent share their finance stories ahead of Wednesday's Budget. Would you share yours?

Mohsin Issa

Issa brother to step back after 'fixing' Asda

Mohsin Issa, one half of the so-called "billionaire brothers" who own Asda, says he plans to hand over the running of the UK's third biggest supermarket.

Robots

'We had to adapt our robots to the AI revolution'

Sandy Enoch of Robotical explains why he had to pivot his educational robot company due to AI.

Picsart

'AI won't steal your job, but people using it may'

Hovhannes Avoyan, founder of picture and video editing app Picsart, shares his advice for our CEO Secrets series.

Picture of The Body Shop storefront in the 80s

'They thought it was a sex shop' - The Body Shop in the '80s

Archive footage shows Dame Anita Roddick talking about her company's success, in an 1984 interview.

Raid on Co-op store

CCTV shows violent raid on Co-op store

The retailer gave the footage to the BBC as it warned of a rise in attacks on retail staff.

Sir Howard Davies

Not that difficult to buy a home, says NatWest chair

Sir Howard Davies says he believes it is not currently "that difficult" for people to get on the housing ladder.

Joanna Jensen

'A viral Facebook post nearly blew up our business'

Joanna Jensen, founder of skincare brand Childs Farm, shares advice for start-ups for our CEO Secrets series.

Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes

Broadband rises must be 'clearer', says Ofcom boss

The regulator has plans to make mobile and broadband firms more upfront about mid-contract price rises.

Earring

'This earring helped me build my £4bn business'

Richard Harpin, co-founder of Homeserve, explains how an earring taught him an early business lesson.

Olivia DeRamus and BBC reporter Lora Jones

'Taking control of my abuse story'

Olivia DeRamus set up an app in the wake of her sexual assault. Now she's ready to take on Big Tech.