British engineering company JCB has set a new world land speed record of 406.320 mph with its hydrogen-powered JCB Hydromax. The car recorded the average speed 400.623 mph in its first run this morning (11th August) across the Bonneville Salt Flats, 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. In doing so, JCB Hydromax surpassed the 350.092 mph world diesel land speed record set by JC

JCB's hydrogen-powered Hydromax streamliner today (6th August) clinched an SCTA speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats – reaching 368.347mph at the world's leading land speed racing event. JCB Hydromax at the start of the Bonneville Salt Flats Driven by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, the car set a new record in the Southern California Timing Association’s (SCTA) Blown Gas Streamliner (AA/BGS, 500+ cubic inches) class at Bonneville Salt Flats at 8:50am on the 6th August 202

In August 2006, JCB Dieselmax, driven by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, set a world diesel land speed record of 350.092 mph – a record that still stands. 20 years after rewriting the record books with the JCB Dieselmax car, the company is returning to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to attempt a new speed record – this time using hydrogen power. They are targeting a new land speed record with a 32-foot car powered by its own hydrogen engines. The Staffordshire-based manufac