Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats: public salt pan famed for land speed trials; a modern hydrogen car aims to reset the world speed record this week.
British driver Andy Green is returning to Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats to attempt a hydrogen-powered land speed record with the JCB Hydromax. Practice runs have reached 368.347 mph, but officials will verify the record on Tuesday under FIA supervision. The project emphasizes hydrogen’s potential as a clean-energy option, though the environmental benefits depend on how the hydrogen is produced.