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World-First Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S Taken To The Track By Aston Martin
Philippe Crowe April 15, 2013
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Will we soon see James Bond at the wheel of a hydrogen-hybrid Aston Martin?
Not yet, but for now Aston Martin is getting ready to place its name in the record books at the 41st ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring, in Germany, next month.
The famous British sports car brand is getting ready to race a pioneering hybrid hydrogen car.
The Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S – based on Aston Martin’s new four-door, four-seat sports car – will become the first hydrogen-powered car to compete in an international event as well as the first zero CO2 emissions sports car to complete a race pace lap at the Nürburgring 24-hour race.
Working in partnership with hydrogen experts Alset Global, Aston Martin’s engineers have developed a prototype twin turbocharged 6.0-litre V12 engine that will power the Nürburgring car.
The company said the race car is capable of running on pure gasoline, pure gaseous hydrogen, or a blend of both. The Hybrid Hydrogen race car showcases Aston Martin’s commitment to engineering innovation. In pure hydrogen mode, Aston Martin and Alset Global aim to show that a zero emissions lap of the Nordschleife is possible while emitting virtually only water from the exhaust.
Showcasing the technology at the Nürburgring – acknowledged as one of the toughest and most demanding circuits in the world and, of course, nicknamed ‘the Green Hell’ – Aston Martin will underline the reliability and safety of today’s hydrogen technology.
Welcoming the debut of the Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S, Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez said: “As we celebrate our centenary in 2013 and look back on a century of excitement, innovation and style it’s also the perfect time to look to the future with this astonishing race car. Aston Martin has a strong track record of innovation and, with our superb history of competition and testing at the Nürburgring, it is only right that we showcase this amazing new technology at this year’s 24-hour race. Working with Alset Global to unveil this system in such a challenging environment as the 24 Hours of Nürburgring shows once again how confident we are in our cars, our people and our partners.”
The Hybrid Hydrogen system comprises a hydrogen fuel rail, storage tanks and proprietary engine management system. This enables flexibility in the control of the combustion process according to each particular driving situation: either pure hydrogen, gasoline or a arbitrary blend of both can be selected to ensure optimum power, acceleration and CO2 reduction.
This control results, according to Aston Martin, in a powerful and dynamic propulsion system that provides sports car performance but with a carbon footprint more akin to that of a supermini.
The system includes four ultra-high strength carbon fiber tanks holding a total of 3.5kg (7.7 lb) of hydrogen stored at a pressure of 350bar – two tanks housed next to the driver and two in the trunk of the car.
Meanwhile the entire hydrogen system developed by Alset Global and its partners is approved by German motorsport’s governing body, the DMSB.
The Hybrid Hydrogen race car is based on the new Rapide S four-door sports car that is arriving in Aston Martin showrooms in the coming weeks.
Redesigned and re-engineered to offer even greater style and significantly enhanced performance by virtue of its new AM11 6.0-litre V12 naturally aspirated engine, the new Rapide S is capable of 190 mph and sprints from 0 to 60 mph in only 4.7 seconds.
Dr Bez said of the new road car: “It is a four-door sports car that uniquely combines luxury, style and sporting excitement in Aston Martin’s most flexible and accommodating silhouette. This is the four-door sports car in its most versatile form.”
Aston Martin returns to compete in the ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24 Hours on May 19 for the eighth successive year.
More than 150 cars will start the fearsome 24-hour race, which runs on the 25 kilometre (15.5 miles) circuit that combines the legendary Nordschleife with the modern Grand Prix track.
Posted in Hybrid, Hydrogen, News
Tagged as aston martin, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Nürburgring, rapide S
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