A hydrogen-powered JCB has set a new world land speed record. The JCB Hydromax car became the fastest hydrogen-powered vehicle as it recorded an average speed of 406.320 mph on Tuesday, Aug. 11, across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Record-Breaking Run
Driven by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot, the vehicle had an average speed of 400.623 mph in its first run and 412.135 mph on its second run.
The achievement makes it the fastest a hydrogen internal combustion car has ever traveled. The twin-engined, 32-foot car completed the two runs required under FIA rules – one in each direction within an hour – comfortably beating the previous FIA-officiated hydrogen internal combustion benchmark of 185.5 mph set by the BMW H2R in 2004.
The record was set using two of JCB’s own production-based hydrogen digger engines, producing a combined 1,600 bhp and manufactured at the company’s engine factory in Foston, Derbyshire.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
