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Britain’s Andy Green Sets Another Speed Record, This Time for Fastest Run in a Hydrogen-Powered Car - WXXV News 25

Andy Green averaged 406.320 mph in the hydrogen-powered Hydromax, and JCB said the production-based engines support its £100 million hydrogen program.

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By  HANNAH SCHOENBAUM WENDOVER, Utah (AP) — The only person to break the sound barrier in a car earned another world record Tuesday in a show of force for hydrogen power. British driver Andy Green reached 406.320 mph (653.908 kph) in a car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines with a combined 1,600 horsepower, setting the record for that vehicle category, according to the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, the internationa…

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Image ID: /clip/9074bfa7-feaaa-4a35-86b3-062be2b579ac_media-libre-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg The British engineering specialist JCB has set a new world record of ground speed with its prototype JCB Hydromax, powered by hydrogen. The vehicle recorded an official average of 653,909 km/h in the Bonneville saltroom after completing two consecutive passes in opposite directions - reaching 644,740 km/h in the first and 663,267 km/h in the second- with…

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