JCB’s hydrogen-powered speed record bid

Mike Hayes Consultant Editor, Construction Europe / KHL Content Studio

14 May 2026

JCB, which currently holds the world land speed record for a diesel-powered car, is bidding to break the speed record again – this time with a car powered by hydrogen.

The company set the diesel-powered land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States in 2006.

Twenty years on, the same driver, former RAF wing commander Andy Green, OBE, will be behind the wheel for the hydrogen-powered attempt – at the tender age of 63.

The bid…

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