Watch: Hydrogen car breaks land speed record at 406mph

Andy Green, a retired Royal Air Force pilot, reached a speed of 406mph (654km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, the fastest a hydrogen-powered car has ever travelled. In 1997, Green drove the jet-powered ThrustSSC across Nevada's Black Rock Desert at 763mph (1,228km/h), making him the first, and still the only person, to break the sound barrier on land.

Read more about Green's speedy accomplishments here.

Reporting from BBC News contributed to this story.