Pininfarina is toiling away by itself vary of electrical autos, however the firm’s design arm continues to be exploring autos with different powertrains. On Monday, the corporate revealed the Pininfarina Enigma GT idea, a putting 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 automobile has all-wheel-drive traction.

By positioning the engine on the rear, Pininfarina was in a position to decrease the entrance of the automobile 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 load of the automobile is roughly 3,725 kilos, which is not unhealthy contemplating there’s area for 4. Discovering area to retailer baggage is likely to be an enormous troublesome, although.

Pininfarina Enigma GT idea

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

Hydrogen is often thought as a gas for gas cell autos, however it may possibly additionally energy vehicles with typical internal-combustion engines after some minor modifications are made. There are drawbacks, although. Apart from the dearth of a gentle provide of hydrogen as an accessible gas supply, burning hydrogen in an engine emits dangerous nitrogen oxides.

Nonetheless, there are methods to attenuate these emissions, similar to utilizing urea-based selective catalytic discount present in diesel engines. It could even be doable to provide hydrogen at scale with out emissions through the use of renewable vitality to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen, one thing that Porsche is analyzing in its improvement of artificial fuels.