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Nuerburgring, Germany - An Aston Martin Rapide S powered by pure hydrogen has become the first car of its kind to compete in international racing and to complete an emission-free lap of a racing circuit, Germany's Autozeitung motoring journal reports.
The historic drive came during a 24-hour meeting in mid May at Germany’s Nuerburgring circuit with a team led by Aston Martin head Ulrich Bez.
"We achieved the very ambitious goal which we had set ourselves, namely to complete a lap of the 20.8-kilometre Nuerburgring circuit running on hydrogen fuel only." The Aston Martin carried the competition number 100 and was the sole entry in its own special class. The car reached a top speed of 255 kilometres per hour during the race with regular Aston Martins.
The 6-litre, V-12 engine fitted to the Rapide S can burn either petrol or hydrogen - in the case of the latter, the only emission is water vapour. For most of the race, petrol was used. A switch was flipped to feed in hydrogen for the historic lap.
Refuelling during the event took only 30 seconds from hydrogen fuel stored at 350 bars of pressure.
"This feat profoundly demonstrated a workable technology which can meet the challenge of reducing emissions quickly," said Jose Ignacio Galindo, CEO and founder of Aston’s technical partner Alset Global based in Austria. The hydrogen used for the test runs came from German industrial gas giant Linde
-- The Nation 2013-05-30
The historic drive came during a 24-hour meeting in mid May at Germany’s Nuerburgring circuit with a team led by Aston Martin head Ulrich Bez.
"We achieved the very ambitious goal which we had set ourselves, namely to complete a lap of the 20.8-kilometre Nuerburgring circuit running on hydrogen fuel only." The Aston Martin carried the competition number 100 and was the sole entry in its own special class. The car reached a top speed of 255 kilometres per hour during the race with regular Aston Martins.
The 6-litre, V-12 engine fitted to the Rapide S can burn either petrol or hydrogen - in the case of the latter, the only emission is water vapour. For most of the race, petrol was used. A switch was flipped to feed in hydrogen for the historic lap.
Refuelling during the event took only 30 seconds from hydrogen fuel stored at 350 bars of pressure.
"This feat profoundly demonstrated a workable technology which can meet the challenge of reducing emissions quickly," said Jose Ignacio Galindo, CEO and founder of Aston’s technical partner Alset Global based in Austria. The hydrogen used for the test runs came from German industrial gas giant Linde
-- The Nation 2013-05-30
