With Excessive E set to transition to Excessive H in 2025, the latter’s car was revealed Thursday. Dubbed the Pioneer 25, it’s constructed by Spark Racing Know-how very similar to the XE predecessor Spark ODYSSEY 21.
The automobile measures in at six metres lengthy, 1.9 metres large, and a pair of.4 metres excessive and weighs 2,200 kilograms. By comparability, the ODYSSEY 21’s dimensions are 4.4×2.3×1.8 metres and is lighter by 550 kg. The 50-litre hydrogen gasoline cell was made by Symbio and is able to 75 kW of output. The accompanying battery pack from Fortescue ZERO, which the hydrogen gasoline cell relays into, holds 325 kW of energy. It may well speed up from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds, roughly the identical because the ODYSSEY 21.
Spark designed the chassis, a tubular house body with composite affect buildings. It additionally contains a double wishbone suspension and shock absorbers from FOX.
Not like its predecessor, the Pioneer 25’s driver seat is located within the centre of the automobile. The bodywork and lights have additionally been modified to raised resemble manufacturing autos.
“We’ve learnt so much from the ODYSSEY 21, which we have now carried forwards, but it surely’s an all-new chassis and a purpose-built racing automobile for the hydrogen gasoline cell,” commented sequence technical director Mark Grain. “We needed the racing to be extra intense and we needed the race automobiles to be sooner.
“The Pioneer 25 is a big improve on the ODYSSEY 21. Total efficiency of the automobile has taken an enormous step ahead. The all-new suspension geometry with driver adjustable shock absorbers from FOX on the Excessive H automobile gives an incredible platform for the facility and torque that’s going to be obtainable to the drivers.
“We’ve demonstrated EVs can address very harsh environments and racing in exhausting circumstances in Excessive E, so shifting to Excessive H is a pure development. We need to display to the world that hydrogen gasoline cell autos might be thrilling, they are often rugged and they are often very sturdy. We need to carry via that growth with the Pioneer 25.”
The automobile completed its first test in December, a yr after the series’ concept was first unveiled. Excessive H was initially set for a début in 2024 earlier than being pushed again a yr to 2025 with plans of becoming an FIA World Championship by 2026.
