Hydrogen combustion technologies for mobility were tested in toughest conditions during the 2023 Dakar Desert Rally.
With a point to prove, rather than running a pilot vehicle on a set route under standard conditions, Xavier Ribas, CEO of Evarm, based in Barcelona, Spain, put the company’s retrofitted hydrogen concept vehicle, the KH-7 Epsilon rally truck to the test.
Over 15 days in January (2023), the 800-horsepower vehicle, based on a MAN TGA 26.480 truck chassis, took on dunes and desert, covering 500-600km per day in the Challenge New Energy category.
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