Overview
- The FIA said Wednesday it will officiate JCB’s hydrogen land-speed attempt at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats.
- JCB unveiled the 32-foot Hydromax streamliner with two production-based hydrogen combustion engines making about 1,600 bhp, to be driven by record holder Andy Green.
- The team will start high-speed testing in the UK before heading to Bonneville SpeedWeek on August 1 to pursue FIA-recognised records.
- The record push serves as a public test of JCB’s five-year, £100 million hydrogen-engine program as the company begins building hydrogen-powered machines for construction use.
- JCB’s 2006 Dieselmax mark of 350.092 mph still stands for diesel, and the company says Hydromax is designed to beat 350 mph using hydrogen combustion.