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Rocester, UK, May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — \"\"<\/p>\n

British engineering giant JCB<\/a>\u00a0is targeting a new land speed record with a 32-foot car powered by its own hydrogen engines.<\/p>\n

The Staffordshire-based manufacturer, which employs more than 20,000 people worldwide, has spent five years developing hydrogen internal combustion engines as part of a \u00a3100 million investment. JCB diggers powered by the technology have just started rolling off production lines.<\/p>\n

Now, exactly 20 years after rewriting the record books with the JCB Dieselmax car, the company is returning to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to attempt a new speed record \u2013 this time using hydrogen power.<\/p>\n

In August 2006, JCB Dieselmax, driven by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, set a world diesel land speed record of 350.092 mph \u2013 a record that still stands. In August this year, Green will once again take the wheel, piloting the hydrogen-powered JCB Hydromax.<\/p>\n

JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford, who has spearheaded the company\u2019s hydrogen programme, said: \u201cBritain has a proud heritage of setting speed records and, as a British company, I\u2019m excited to challenge for a new one using hydrogen. This is not just about speed \u2013 it\u2019s about showcasing the world-class engineering talent we have here in the UK and the robustness of our new hydrogen engines.<\/p>\n

\u201cJCB Dieselmax was always a bit of an outrageous idea \u2013 but it proved a point. Putting an advanced engine into a land-speed car showed the world what it could do in a way a digger never could. It\u2019s the same thinking with hydrogen today. If you\u2019re serious about emissions, you have to be serious about hydrogen \u2013 and a land-speed project is the perfect way to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cAs for the speed, we\u2019re aiming for with JCB Hydromax<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 we intend to beat 350 mph.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy Green, the fastest man on earth at 763.035mph and the only person to break the sound barrier on land, said: \u201cTwenty years ago, JCB took two of its diesel engines, sprinkled some magic engineering dust on them and put them into a racing car.\u00a0 We raced the JCB Dieselmax up to an astonishing speed \u2013 and a new FIA world record \u2013 of just over 350 mph.\u00a0 Today, that car is still the fastest diesel-engined vehicle in history.\u00a0 Now we\u2019re going back to the Bonneville Salt Flats, spiritual home of the World Land Speed Record, with JCB\u2019s new hydrogen engines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018JCB Hydromax\u2019 car is lighter, more powerful and faster than its predecessor of 20 years ago.\u00a0 Once again, we\u2019re going to show the world just how good British engineering and technology really is.\u00a0 This August we\u2019re going to smash the hydrogen-powered vehicle record in the world\u2019s fastest (and most exciting!) zero-emissions vehicle.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

Testing will begin in the UK before the team heads to Bonneville SpeedWeek, the world\u2019s leading land speed racing event, where competitors from around the globe gather to chase records on the vast Salt Flats. JCB Hydromax will run with two production-based hydrogen engines, producing a combined 1,600 bhp. SpeedWeek is run by the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), which governs and verifies official class records at the event.<\/p>\n

The team will then remain at Bonneville to pursue officially recognised world records under the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l\u2019Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motorsport.
JCB\u2019s speed attempt comes ahead of the opening of the company\u2019s new $500 million, one million sq. ft, 400-acre factory in San Antonio, Texas, which will employ 1,500 people, manufacturing machines for the US market.<\/p>\n

JCB has a long history of pushing the limits of speed. In 2019, the JCB Fastrac tractor was crowned the world\u2019s fastest tractor at 135.191 mph, while in 2014 the JCB GT set the world record for the fastest backhoe loader at 72.58 mph.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

For further information contact:
Jules Tipler\/Nik Ellwood
jcbhydromax@wearenameless.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Newsroom\/images: https:\/\/jcb.com\/jcbhydromaxnews<\/a><\/p>\n

About JCB<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

JCB, the world\u2019s third largest construction equipment brand by volume, has 22 plants on four continents: 11 in the UK and others in India, Brazil, the USA and China. JCB is a family company, which was founded on October 23rd<\/sup>, 1945, by the late Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE. His son Anthony, now Lord Bamford, has been Chairman since 1975. JCB has just celebrated its 80th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday.<\/p>\n

In 2021, JCB unveiled its first ever prototype products powered by hydrogen: a backhoe loader and a Loadall telescopic handler. JCB\u2019s purpose-engineered zero CO\u00b2<\/sub>\u00a0hydrogen engine was designed after a challenge to the company\u2019s engineers from Lord Bamford. As part of a \u00a3100 million investment, a team of 150 engineers has been working on the exciting hydrogen engine project and more than 150 JCB hydrogen combustion engines have so far been produced, with the first machines now in production.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/thenewsfront.com\/jcb-targets-new-land-speed-record-using-its-own-hydrogen-engines\/<\/a><\/p>\n

CONTACT: JCB\r\nWorld Headquarters, Lakeside Works, Denstone Road\r\nRocester\r\nStaffs ST14 5JP\r\nUnited Kingdom\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/jcb.com\r\n\r\njcbhydromax@wearenameless.co.uk<\/pre>\n
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