strategic partnership 2 3
RELIGHTING NEW IDEAS
IN HEAVY-DUTY MOBILITY
N O . 1 2 0 2 2
WITH THIS PROJECT
WE WANT TO SHOW
THE HIGH POTENTIAL
OF THIS TECHNOLOGY
FROM A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE”
Ellen Lohr
Director Motorsport
at AVL
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category of speed record. Driven by AVL RACETECH young driver am-bassador,
17-year-old Aliyyah Koloc, the new concept truck will essentially
be a proving ground for the potential of hydrogen combustion.
“With this project we want to show the high potential of this technology
from a different perspective,” emphasizes Ellen Lohr, Director Motorsport
at AVL, “and how series production and racing can facilitate each other.”
AVL KNOW-HOW IN HYDROGEN ICE DEVELOPMENT
The application of hydrogen combustion engine technology under the
harshest and most challenging environments gives us the opportunity to
carry over the learnings from the racing application to the series applica-tion.
Our hydrogen engine is specifically tailored for use in heavy-duty
vehicles, with the aim of reducing their contribution to the greenhouse effect
by significantly reducing attributable CO2 emissions in the coming decades.
Hydrogen combustion engines are also gaining importance in other appli-cations
such as passenger cars or even ships. This is the driving force be-hind
the research and development work in which AVL has successfully
become a world leader.
HYDROGEN-READY AVL TEST FACILITIES
Not only is hydrogen ICE research part of our DNA, but so too are the
provision of suitable test facility solutions for upgrading/re-designing the
traditional test cell environment to successfully validate hydrogen engines at
each development stage. Operating hydrogen internal combustion engines
on testbeds requires adaptations of test facility infrastructure and instru-mentation,
by giving top priority to assure a safe testbed for people
and operations.
At AVL we are ready to holistically support the upcoming
challenges associated with all relevant hydrogen combus-tion
engine development and testing applications.