Pininfarina is toiling away by itself vary of electrical autos, however the firm’s design arm remains to be exploring autos with various powertrains. On Monday, the corporate revealed the Pininfarina Enigma GT idea, a hanging coupe packing a V-6 designed to run on pure hydrogen.

The turbocharged 2.5-liter V-6 generates 435 hp when burning hydrogen, and is used to energy the idea’s rear wheels solely. An electrical motor rated at greater than 200 hp powers the entrance wheels, guaranteeing the car has all-wheel-drive traction.

By positioning the engine on the rear, Pininfarina was in a position to decrease the entrance of the car in a quest to enhance aerodynamic effectivity. There are quite a few different aerodynamic tweaks, a few of that are lively, just like the grille shutters, entrance wheel deflectors, and rear wing. The result’s a comparatively low drag coefficient of 0.24.

The burden of the car is roughly 3,725 kilos, which is not unhealthy contemplating there’s house for 4. Discovering house to retailer baggage may be an enormous troublesome, although.

Pininfarina Enigma GT idea

Pininfarina stated it plans to disclose extra particulars on the Enigma GT at a later date.

Hydrogen is usually thought as a gasoline for gasoline cell autos, however it could actually additionally energy vehicles with typical internal-combustion engines after some minor modifications are made. There are drawbacks, although. Moreover the dearth of a gradual provide of hydrogen as an out there gasoline supply, burning hydrogen in an engine emits dangerous nitrogen oxides.

Nevertheless, there are methods to reduce these emissions, corresponding to utilizing urea-based selective catalytic discount present in diesel engines. It could even be doable to provide hydrogen at scale with out emissions by utilizing renewable power to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen, one thing that Porsche is analyzing in its growth of artificial fuels.