Toyota unveils hydrogen-powered test car at Le Mans 24 Hours
Toyota has unveiled a hydrogen-powered prototype test car as the next step on the road to racing with the alternative fuel at the Le Mans 24 Hours. A car Toyota is calling the GR LH2 Racing Concept was unveiled at Le Mans on Wednesday and is designed to advance its understanding and knowledge of running an internal combustion engine fuelled by liquid hydrogen. The GR LH2 has been built at Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe in the German city of Cologne around a chassis from its GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar. No details of the engine or hybrid system, which have been developed at Toyota’s Higashi-Fuji Technical Centre in Japan, were revealed. TGRE chairman Kazuki Nakajima said: “Our intent at this moment is to test the car, test not only the combustion engine but to learn a lot about the infrastructure and fuelling system. “Our main target right now is to expand the possibilities of hydrogen combustion engine technology. “There is more to come and to get to the right level w...