Driver who was first to break sound barrier in car sets new land-speed record
- British driver Andy Green has set a new world land-speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle, reaching 406.320 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
- The 32-foot machine was developed by British equipment manufacturer JCB and propelled by twin hydrogen internal combustion engines generating 1,600 horsepower.
- Motorsport governing body the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile officially confirmed the record-setting benchmark run.
- Green, a 64-year-old former Royal Air Force pilot, previously set the absolute world land-speed record of 763.035 mph in a jet-powered vehicle in 1997 and was the first person to break the sound barrier in a car on land.
- JCB engineers hope the achievement demonstrates the viability of hydrogen technology as a clean energy alternative for heavy industrial equipment.
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