Alpine has revealed a hydrogen-powered rolling prototype that will have its first on-track running at Spa's World Endurance Championship round this weekend.
Based on a concept car first presented at the 2022 Paris Motor Show, the 340 bhp Alpenglow Hy4 is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-litre in-line four-cylinder internal combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen. This is currently stored in gas form in three tanks, but Alpine plans to switch to liquid storage which it believes can be better integrated into the car and improve refuelling speeds.
'We know that hydrogen will be an essential step in decarbonising the next generations of Endurance cars, and could also be for Formula 1 cars, particularly by switching to liquid storage for greater compactness and performance. 'The Alpenglow concept perfectly illustrates this, a genuine technological laboratory for developing tomorrow's hydrogen engines.' The Alpenglow is built around an LMP3 carbon chassis supplied by Ligier and a sequential racing gearbox.
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