Toyota to Enter Hydrogen-Powered Car in 2027 Dakar Rally
Toyota said the hydrogen-powered DKR GR FC Hilux will be its first fuel-cell entry in motorsport and will join the experimental Dakar Future Mission 1000 class.
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Gazoo Racing Brings Water to the 2027 Dakar Desert Race With Fuel Cell DKR GR Hilux
Hydrogen-powered cars are probably how people go about their business in an alternate reality. For one reason or another, our own went for battery-electric power instead, and this is how we got to BEVs ruling the world. But that doesn’t mean the fight is over, as efforts made by a handful of carmakers to advance hydrogen power clearly show. Toyota is part of that select bunch of carmakers that are still trying to advance hydrog... (continue rea…
Toyota's racing division, GAZOO Racing, will compete in the 2027 Dakar Rally with a hydrogen fuel cell-powered DKR GR FC Hilux prototype. The vehicle will participate in the 'Dakar Future Mission 1000' category to test carbon neutral technologies.
Imagining a Hilux launched at full speed in the desert, but which rejects only a net of water. This is the image that Toyota's next bet will give to the world's most famous rally-raid. Yet, the mechanics are very real. While many are already betting on the battery, the Japanese brand once again puts hydrogen at the centre of the game. And it chose the Dakar 2027 to prove it, under conditions that few technologies bear long. For the 49th edition,…
Toyota will line up in the Dakar with a hydrogen Hilux in 2027. It's a surprise: the Japanese manufacturer, who has already participated in the Dakar under the banner of the Hyse consortium with an H2 engine buggy, decided to hire a fuel cell Hilux. He will be engaged in the Dakar Future Mission 1000 category. It is therefore under the name DKR GR FC Hilux that Toyota will align this pick-up, whose basic version knows well the dunes of the rally…
Toyota to field hydrogen fuel cell Hilux in 2027 Dakar
Toyota has announced plans to field a hydrogen fuel cell-powered Hilux DKR prototype in the 2027 edition of the Dakar Rally. The Japanese manufacturer’s Gazoo Racing arm is developing the car to test the durability of downscaled fuel cell systems on the gruelling 5320km rally held through the Saudi Arabian desert. The DKR GR FC Hilux prototype will enter the Mission 1000 class for experimental vehicles. Based on the company’s DKR GR Hilux, which…
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