JCB has set a new world record for hydrogen-powered vehicles with its Hydromax streamliner in Bonneville, Utah.Following on from last week’s Southern California Timing Association's Blown Gas Streamliner class record of 368.347 mph the car, powered by two production-based turbocharged digger engines and driven by overall land speed record holder...

JCB's hydrogen-powered Hydromax car has set a new Bonneville speed record ahead of its FIA world speed record attempt next week.

JCB’s Hydromax has been testing in the UK ahead of its runs on the Bonneville salt flats in August, when it aims to set a new land speed record for hydrogen-powered vehicles.Just over a month after the project was unveiled, the car has now been built and is currently in...

JCB – not exactly the byword for high performance, is it?Yet, 20 years ago, the British construction and agricultural equipment manufacturer turned heads by producing the Dieselmax streamliner and going on to set a land speed record for diesel cars with it.Now, it’s doing it again, with another alternatively-fueled machine...