This JCB doesn't dig – it does 406 mph
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This JCB doesn't dig – it does 406 mph
A JCB has set a new world land speed record, passing 406 mph (653 kph) at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. The JCB in question isn't a digger or a dumper, but a hydrogen-powered racer known as the JCB Hydromax, driven by retired Royal Air Force fighter pilot Wing Commander Andy Green. It set the record for the fastest a hydrogen-powered internal combustion car has ever travelled, averaging 406.320 mph (653.909 kph) across two runs at the salt flats…
I just saw a hydrogen-powered car set a world record at 400 mph — but can they compete with EVs?
Could a hydrogen-powered car, using an engine based off construction equipment, set a new land speed record? I came to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this week to find out — and to see how hydrogen-powered vehicles could compete where EVs are dominating in the race to find a replacement for the gas-fueled internal combustion engine. At the helm was a retired British fighter pilot, Wing Commander Andy Green (OBE), looking every inch the nerves…
Steve Young Blog: The need for speed
Speed has been in the headlines this week. JCB successfully set a new land speed record for hydrogen-engined cars at 406mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats, a figure that has some resonance as the last official land speed record for wheel-driven cars was 403mph, set by Donald Campbell in 1964 in the gas turbine powered Bluebird. Apparently the new record was achieved using only five of the six available gears and with the two engines downrated to…
Many renowned manufacturers of hyper sports cars have long been competing in achieving literally dizzying speeds. A shining example is the French Bugatti, but also the Swedish Koenigsegg or the American car manufacturer SSC, which have repeatedly managed to achieve extreme values. These are cars that...
British engineering giant JCB has written a new chapter in the race for speed. Its hydrogen-powered Hydromax, powered by engines from construction equipment, achieved an astonishing average speed of 653.91 km/h on the famous Bonneville Salt Flats.
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