Pinfinarina H2 Speed
This peculiar looking ride is the H2
Speed, Pininfarina’s latest innovative vision of a high performance track car,
based on a revolutionary hydrogen fuel cell technology.
The tech used in the concept is already
subjected for track testing by GreenGT, a company which has been designing,
developing and producing clean propulsion systems since 2008. Described as a
mix between a racing prototype and a production supercar, the H2 Speed is the
world’s first hydrogen, high-performance automobile, hence the name.
The technology is actually the outcome
of a two-year development and testing program, materializing intro a 503
horsepower zero emissions vehicle, capable of reaching 300 km/h and
accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.4 seconds; all this while
releasing just water vapors into the atmosphere.
Although the H2 eliminates both air and
noise pollution, the vehicle was designed to somehow make a pleasant sound, as Pininfarina
says that “even the noise made by the car is close to the emotion of silence,
sounds and hisses that evokes science fiction”.
Sculpted by efficiency-boosted
aerodynamics, the concept has a pure beautiful form, free of any stylistic
affection, expressing a design that communicates uncompromising beauty with
extreme performance. Basically, this is a
fully-fledged concept car, penned without limitations and taking inspiration
from the original Ferrari Sigma Grand Prix Formula One show car, built in 1969
by the Italian coachbuilder.
Using the same principles, the car is
governed by extreme proportions, measuring length 4,700 mm in length, 1,087 mm
in height, and 2,000 mm in width. Even the choice of body colors is inspired by
the Sigma Grand Prix and gives it a modern interpretation with a plain
pearlescent shade of white.
