New world speed record of 406 mph set with hydrogen-powered JCB supercar in Utah

Nypost · Aug 11, 2026 · 650 words · By Lydia Moynihan

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New world speed record of 406 mph set with hydrogen-powered JCB supercar in Utah See more of our coverage in your search results.

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New world speed record of 406 mph set with hydrogen-powered JCB supercar in Utah See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google A new land speed record was set today in Utah by British driver Andy Green, driving a specially designed JCB Hydromax car, which reached 406.320 miles per hour.

Common ground

The milestone was set in the bright yellow tubular vehicle, powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines, which Green calls the “fuel of the future” at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The driver is a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot who is the only person to have broken the sound barrier on land, which he did when setting the overall land speed record, reaching 763 mph in a car powered by twin jet engines in 1997.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Andy Green is a former RAF fighter pilot who set the overall land speed record of 763.035 mph in 1997 using the twin-jet powered ThrustSSC, breaking the sound barrier.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wing Commander Andrew Duncan Green (born 30 July 1962) is a retired British Royal Air Force fighter pilot and world land speed record holder since 1997, the first land speed record to break the sound…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Green_(RAF_officer)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bloodhound LSR, formerly Bloodhound SSC, is a British land vehicle designed to travel at supersonic speeds with the intention of setting a new world land speed record. The arrow-shaped car, under deve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_LSR

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC or Thrust SuperSonic Car is a British jet car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, and Jeremy Bliss. Thrust SSC holds the world land speed record, set on 15 Oct…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrustSSC

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Claim 2: “UK company JCB, founded in 1945, is best known for its heavy machinery and is one of the world’s largest privately owned manufacturers of construction and agricultural equipment”

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Wikipedia confirms JCB was founded in 1945 and is a British multinational private company producing construction and agricultural equipment.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited, commonly known as JCB, is a British multinational private company that produces equipment for construction, agriculture, waste handling, and demolition. It was founded…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JCB_(heavy_equipment_manufactu…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Cyril Edward Bamford (born December 1977) is a British businessman. He is the owner of Wrightbus, an electric bus manufacturer based in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He founded a green hydrogen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Bamford

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Cyril Bamford, CBE (21 June 1916 – 1 March 2001) was a British businessman. He was the founder of J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB), a manufacturer of heavy equipment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bamford

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Claim 3: “The plant, originally planned at 500,000 square feet, was doubled in size after the 2025 tariffs on imports were announced”

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Claim 4: “The facility is projected to employ about 1,500 people.”

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Claim 5: “In 2006, the company publicized its diesel engines with the Dieselmax speed test, a streamliner vehicle driven by Green which became the world’s fastest diesel-powered vehicle at 350 mph, a record which still stands.”

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Although the evidence mentions the JCB Dieselmax exists and was built for JCB, no evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the 2006 date, the 350 mph speed, or that the record still stands.

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Claim 6: “The company produces roughly 400 engines a day and over one million are currently in operation around the world.”

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Two independent sources (Farm Contractor & Large Scale and another news source) report that JCB produces around 500 engines a day (close to the claim of 400) and has reached the milestone of one million engines produced.

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web search NEUTRAL — Initial production topped out at three engines per day, now the company produces around 500 a day and has pushed development to include its hydrogen combustion engines.
https://www.farmcontractormagazine.com/news/machinery/jcb-pr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Building 500 engine each day, JCB has marked a major manufacturing milestone with the production of its one millionth engine.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/machinery/news/jcb-produces-it…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 1964, JCB produced its first crawler excavator, the JCB 7, under license from Warner Swasey with a Ford engine, and exported its initial machine to the United States, the JCB 4C backhoe loader, ami…
https://grokipedia.com/page/JCB_(heavy_equipment_manufacture…

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Claim 7: ““We sell 140,000 machines around the world a year”

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Claim 8: “The milestone was set in the bright yellow tubular vehicle, powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines... at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.”

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Web search results and a Wikipedia entry for the JCB Hydromax confirm the vehicle is powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines and the record was set at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The JCB Dieselmax is a streamliner car designed for the purpose of breaking the land speed record for a diesel-engined vehicle. The car was built for JCB, a British multinational equipment company. As…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JCB_Dieselmax

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The JCB Hydromax is a streamliner car designed for the purpose of breaking the land speed record for a hydrogen-engined vehicle. The car was built for JCB, a British multinational equipment company. A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JCB_Hydromax

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Claim 9: “Lord Anthony Bamford — who chairs the company his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, founded”

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Wikipedia and other sources explicitly state that Lord Anthony Bamford is the chairman of JCB and that the company was founded by his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford, is a British billionaire businessman who is the chairman of J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited. He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, as chairman and managin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bamford

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web search NEUTRAL — Lord Bamford Chairman of JCB.Born in 1945 on the day his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE set up JCB, Anthony Bamford’s path into the family business after leaving Ampleforth College started with an e…
https://www.jcb.com/en-SG/explore/insight/lord-bamford/

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web search NEUTRAL — Lord Bamford – formerly Sir Anthony Bamford – has spent more than 50 years at digger firm JCB and 2015 marks his 40th year as chairman. The company was formed by Lord Bamford's father Joseph Cyril Bam…
https://www.business-live.co.uk/all-about/anthony-bamford

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Claim 10: “A new land speed record was set today in Utah by British driver Andy Green, driving a specially designed JCB Hydromax car, which reached 406.320 miles per hour.”

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Multiple independent web sources (Alan Baldwin, TikTok/ABC News, and a dedicated news report) confirm Andy Green set a hydrogen land speed record of 406.320 mph in the JCB Hydromax.

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web search NEUTRAL — Britain's JCB Hydromax sets world land speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle. 2 days ago. By Alan Baldwin.British engineering company JCB set a new world record for land speed for a hydrogen-pow…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 11: “He easily beat the previous class record for a hydrogen engine, which had stood at 185 mph.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'previous' and unrelated Wikipedia entries for the number 185. No source confirms the previous hydrogen engine record was 185 mph.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 185 may refer to: 185 (number), a number
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/185

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Class 185 may refer to: Alstom Traxx, Deutsche Bahn Class 185 diesel locomotive British Rail Class 185, A diesel multiple unit built by Siemens for the UK market
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_185

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SilkAir Flight 185 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 737-300 from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia to Changi Airport in Singapore that crash…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilkAir_Flight_185

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Claim 12: “Lord Anthony Bamford... has invested more than $132 million over the last five years into developing hydrogen combustion engines”

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While sources confirm Lord Bamford is the chairman of JCB and has developed hydrogen engines, none of the provided evidence mentions the specific investment figure of $132 million over five years.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford, DL (born 23 October 1945) is a British billionaire industrialist and life peer who has served as chairman of JCB, the world's third-largest manufacturer of constru…
https://grokipedia.com/page/Anthony_Bamford

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web search NEUTRAL — Lord Bamford said: ‘The JCB team has done amazing work to develop a hydrogen combustion engine. It has already been given resounding backing from our customers who have been evaluating the technology;…
https://www.agg-net.com/news/historic-day-as-hydrogen-digger…

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Claim 13: “The company is building a new one-million-square-foot factory in San Antonio, Texas, at a cost of $500 million.”

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Claim 14: “In the years since this project started, JCB has quickly moved from prototypes in December 2020 to having fully approved working hydrogen combustion engines in equipment.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific timeline of prototypes in December 2020 or the current approval status of these engines in equipment.

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