British driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed record
Summary
British driver Andy Green set a new land speed record by driving a hydrogen-powered car at 406 mph (654 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. This is the fastest speed ever recorded for a hydrogen-powered vehicle and more than double the previous record from 2004.Key Facts
- Andy Green is a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot and the first person to break the sound barrier on land.
- He reached 406 mph in a hydrogen-powered car called the JCB Hydromax.
- The JCB Hydromax uses two hydrogen internal combustion engines delivering a total of 1,600 brake horsepower (bhp).
- Green previously set speed records with jet-powered and diesel-powered cars, including a 763 mph run breaking the sound barrier in 1997.
- The new hydrogen car record more than doubled the previous 2004 hydrogen speed record of 185.5 mph.
- The Hydromax car was developed by JCB, a British engineering company, which also created a diesel-powered record car 20 years earlier.
- Testing for the Hydromax car reached 208 mph in May 2024 before the record-breaking run.
- Lord Anthony Bamford, chairman of JCB, highlighted the achievement as a milestone for British engineering with hydrogen power.
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