Summary
- According to foreign media reports, 64-year-old Andy Green drove the hydrogen-powered vehicle at 406 miles per hour (654 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA making it the fastest speed ever achieved by a vehicle of this type.
- 20-year-old record broken The new HydroMax vehicle more than doubled the previous world record of 185.5 miles per hour, set in 2004 by a hydrogen-combustion vehicle.
- Twenty years ago at the same location, the same company’s diesel-powered vehicle, DieselMax set a world record by reaching 350 miles per hour (563 km/h).
British driver and former Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green has set a new world land-speed record using a hydrogen-powered vehicle.
According to foreign media reports, 64-year-old Andy Green drove the hydrogen-powered vehicle at 406 miles per hour (654 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA making it the fastest speed ever achieved by a vehicle of this type.
According to the report, the HydroMax is equipped with two hydrogen engines that generate a combined 1,600 horsepower.
20-year-old record broken
The new HydroMax vehicle more than doubled the previous world record of 185.5 miles per hour, set in 2004 by a hydrogen-combustion vehicle.
Twenty years ago at the same location, the same company’s diesel-powered vehicle, DieselMax set a world record by reaching 350 miles per hour (563 km/h).
Only person to break sound barrier on land
Andy Green has already made history in motorsports. In 1997, he drove the jet-powered ThrustSSC to a speed of 763 miles per hour (1,228 km/h) breaking the sound barrier on land. Andy Green remains the only person to have broken the sound barrier in a land vehicle.
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