eRacing Magazine Vol. 3 Issue 2 | Page 60

Pininfarina presented its H2 Speed, a hydrogen fuel cell high performance track car, at the Geneva International Motor Show.

It partnered up with Green GT, the firm that was most known for it’s attempt to race the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2013, but did not make it to the starting grid.

However, the firm continued to develop its technology and supplied the hydrogen fuel cell technology for the H2 Speed. The technology is the substantial outcome of a two-year development and testing programme that has embodied the form of the concept car. GreenGT proposes ‘Full Hydrogen Power’ technology, a powerful electric-hydrogen fuel cell drive chain. The result is a zero emissions vehicle able to reach 300 km/h by releasing just water vapor into the atmosphere.

With a maximum power of 503 horsepower, the engine accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds. Refuelling a full tank of hydrogen can be done in 3 minutes.

New hydrogen racer from Pininfarina and Green GT