Video | JCB’s Hydromax car and how it could shape hydrogen engines for construction

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

17 June 2026

UK-based construction equipment manufacturer JCB yesterday (16 June) got its hydrogen-powered Hydromax car up to a speed of 177mph, as it prepares for a speed record bid on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, in August.

The car’s development comes two decades on from JCB breaking the land speed record at Bonneville with Dieselmax, powered by two race-adapted diesel engines.

JCB has spent £100 million on developing the hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine, and the Hydromax record bid, conceived just a year ago, aims to…

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