Hydrogen-powered supercar fueled by sewage could be about to break a land speed record
- This hydrogen-powered supercar uses sewage as fuel
- It’s hoped this will propel it towards a land-speed record by 2025
- It’s set to make history in the field of sustainable fuel
Published on Oct 15, 2024 at 6:42 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Oct 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This hydrogen-powered supercar uses sewage as fuel – and poop could help propel it towards a land-speed record by 2025.
The project is being driven forward by a team of engineers and students at WMG at The University of Warwick.
Aptly it’s named ‘Waste2Race’.
The hydrogen is a byproduct of sewage during water treatment technology – and it looks set to make history.
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The sewage and hydrogen-powered supercar
An elite team of engineers and students have been tinkering under the hood to develop a unique sustainable powertrain.
The supercharged V6 engine from Revolution Cars will be converted to use hydrogen as fuel.
Bespoke injectors from Clean Air Power were also fitted to the car.
On the front wheels are hub motors from Protean.
They use recycled magnets and enable energy recovered from braking to be stored in the battery and used to power the car.
A group venture
Wastewater Fuels has teamed up with Severn Trent Water and the university to provide the fuel for the groundbreaking trials.
The Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype class 3 car (LMP3) was built by Ginetta Cars in Leeds, UK.
The reduce, reuse, and recycle mentality also applied, with the cars being made from spare and unused car parts that were previously destined for the scrapyard.
Other elements of the racer were fashioned from sustainable materials.
Case in point: wing mirrors fashioned from cellucomp, aka beetroot waste.
Meanwhile, the steering wheel was the idea of the National Composites Centre and made from 100% biosource materials.
Last, but not least, the car battery was donated by a crashed vehicle via ENRG MotorSport.
Automotive manufacturers, including Alpine and Toyota, are also exploring hydrogen as a fuel for racing cars of the future.
In fact, Alpine Alpenglow Hy6 is a hydrogen hypercar that emits nothing but water.
First unveiled in 2022, Alpine spent the last two years testing the prototype on the road with the ultimate goal of creating a potential candidate for production.
Supercar Blondie’s Alex Hirschi was able to experience it in person.
BMW also announced plans for a hydrogen car for 2028.
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