'It's thrilling!' GB News goes behind the scenes of JCB land speed record tests
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The final preparations for a hydrogen car chasing a land speed record have taken place this week at an RAF base in Cambridgeshire.At RAF Wittering, JCB mechanics and engineers are attempting to rewrite history with a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine.The JCB HydroMax puts out a combined 1,600 horsepower from two engines, one located at the front and one at the rear of the car.The 32-ft-long vehicle is trying to beat JCB's existing record, which was achieved with a diesel engine back in 2006.
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It reached a speed of over 350mph.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say For the chairman of JCB, Lord Bamford, the new car is about pushing the boundaries of new technology.He told GB News: "One of the main reasons for doing this is to effectively show that hydrogen can be used in machinery and can be used efficiently, and more than anything, it has no emissions."If emissions are something people are concerned about, hydrogen is a proper alternative."It's thrilling for me, it's great for our...
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