
Simon Dowson
Director of Motorsport Special Projects at Prodrive and Race Team Principal for JCB's hydrogen-powered Hydromax land speed record program at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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Aug 21, 2026
Inside JCB's land speed record run at Bonneville
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4:27speaker_0HOST
So h- how does JCB's tech, uh, differ from any- everything else that's on the market right now?

Simon DowsonGUEST
Um, I think from a technology perspective really they're, they're trying to look at it from a...

Simon DowsonGUEST
Obviously construction pieces of equipment, they're not huge volumes, so they're trying to develop technology that is cost-effective for their equipment and their customers more importantly.

Simon DowsonGUEST
Obviously as you go through onto the construction sites, there isn't electrical infrastructure to put there, so EVs are not so good.

Simon DowsonGUEST
Uh, so to bring in hydrogen gas and, and you know, the consumers are then able to refuel their vehicles easily and operate at zero emissions, then, you know, I think it's more around the, the cost side of things, that they're, they're coming at it in a slightly different way.
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5:21speaker_0HOST
And it's gotten to a point where I- I've heard it said where it's basically a necessity in the, in the UK at this point.

Simon DowsonGUEST
Uh, it, it is because the, you know, environmentally the e- electrical infrastructure's not there to support too many EVs.