Yokohama Rubber has announced that it will supply its Geolandar range, designed for SUVs and pickup trucks, as the official tire for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile’s Extreme H World Cup, a new FIA World Cup race and the world’s first hydrogen motorsport.
Yokohama Rubber will supply a prototype tire based on its Geolandar X-AT all-terrain tire, in which the renewable and recycled raw materials content ratio has been increased to 38%. It also features strengthened durability essential for heavy hydrogen-powered and electric off-road vehicles.
Extreme H will start next month in Saudi Arabia, with the location and dates yet to be confirmed. Yokohama Rubber will also supply its Geolandar range for the Extreme E off-road race for electric vehicles, also taking place in Saudi Arabia in October.
All Extreme H teams will use the specially developed Pioneer 25 racing car, which is equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell that has a peak output of 550bhp, and can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in 4.5 seconds. This year, eight teams from across Europe will participate, with the vehicles driven by world-class drivers.
Launched in 2021, Extreme E served as the predecessor to the upcoming Extreme H series. Its races feature the Odyssey 21, a purpose-built high-performance electric vehicle (EV), and each team has one male and one female driver. All Extreme H teams will compete in the final Extreme E event before the series transitions to hydrogen-powered vehicles with Extreme H.
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