Nations collaborate on low-emission vehicles

Vehicles powered by hydrogen - the world's most abundant element - have moved off the pages of science fiction novels into the real world in recent years. And China and the United Kingdom are driving forward with efforts to make the technology mainstream.

In collaboration with the University of Liverpool and Huazhong University's Wuhan New Energy Institute, Liverpool-based technology firm ULEMCo Ltd will lead a project that aims to facilitate the mass production of hydrogen-fueled vehicles in China, as the country looks to curb carbon emissions.

The project will focus primarily on the application of hydrogen technology for commercial vehicles. While the market for passenger cars that run on electricity is growing rapidly, power-intensive heavy-duty vehicles remain some of the worst carbon emitters.