Its amazing to see how engineering possibilities are being driven, literally, to new limits. The Bonneville Salt Flats hold a special place for land speed records. The JCB Hydromax recorded an average speed 400.623 mph in its first run, and 412.135 mph on its second run, giving the average of 406.320 mph - the fastest a hydrogen internal combustion car has ever travelled. And I love that this car was so fast it had to be driven by a Wing Commander!
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HYDROGEN-POWERED JCB HYDROMAX SETS 406.320 MPH WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD
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Twenty years ago we came to Bonneville with JCB Dieselmax and showed what British engineering could do with diesel power. Today we have done it again — this time with engines powered by hydrogen. This record was set by production-based engines, the same engines powering JCB diggers right now. That is the point of JCB Hydromax: it shows hydrogen works, and it works today at the highest level with zero emissions.
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