In the “Race to the Clouds”, a car on hydrogen will take part for the first time

She will become a crossover Honda CR-V E: FCEV, who will perform in the EXHIBATION class. The all -terrain vehicle will be slightly finalized for the features of the track, plus the Zero Emission Industries portable station for its refueling will be used.

The Honda CR-V E: FCEV plugin-water crossover is declared as a participant in the legendary “cloud race”-The BroadMoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. This is the first time that a car with a similar power plant will take part in the races. To pilot the car will be two-time Formula Drift champion Dazhiro Yoshihara, who has already won the Pikes-Pike at the 900-horsepower Toyota 86.

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Now Yoshihara is more complicated. He will have to go on an all-terrain vehicle equipped with fuel cells with a capacity of 125 horsepower, anterior electric motor (176 hp, 311 Nm) and a battery with a capacity of 17.7 kilowatt-hour. Fortunately, in the Exhibition class, records are not fixed – here it would be just to get to the finish line without breakdowns.

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The car is declared as a stock maximum, although the engineers from Honda of America Race Team and Performance Manaufacturing Center nevertheless. For better passage of turns CR-V E: FCEV underestimated the suspension. In addition, the crossover got riding brake pads, lightweight wheels with the tires of Yokohama Advan A052, a bucket -shaped chair and a security frame.

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The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race has been held since 1916. Initially, it was a gravel rise, which was completely paved by 2012. The track consists of 156 turns, begins at an altitude of 2862 meters above sea level, and ends 4301 meters. The difference is 1439 meters. Currently, the absolute record of the race – 7 minutes 57.148 seconds – belongs to Romain Dumas and Volkswagen IDR

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