MissionH24, the collaborative program between the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and H24Project for the deployment of hydrogen in competition, is participating with Toyota in a unique event of its kind, dedicated to the future of mobility for all. These players in the energy transition present different solutions for everyone's mobility in the future, an environmentally friendly future.
From left to right: Yoshihiro Nakata, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe ; Tomoya Takahashi, President of GAZOO Racing Company ; Monica Mailander Macaluso, member of the FIA Senate ; Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and co-president of MissionH24 ; Bassel Aslan, Technical Director of MissionH24 ; Masato Hirai, President of Toyota GAZOO Racing Europe, were on the Multi-Pathway Event, dedicated to the demonstration of sustainable new energies.
Toyota, a manufacturer involved in the FIA World Endurance Championship, is working on the energy transition necessary for the defence of the environment, sharing a common goal with MissionH24. Through motor racing, notably at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and during each round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the manufacturer and organizer of Endurance races participate in the search for new, more virtuous technologies, in the automobile.
Hydrogen, a pillar of the ACO's strategy to decarbonize racing, is a theme that the Japanese manufacturer has been developing for several years. On the road, Toyota Mirai are already on the streets in France. On the competition side, in 2023, during the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota GAZOO Racing presented the GR H2 Racing Concept, a hydrogen prototype which could join the Hydrogen category in Endurance, while the GR H2 Corolla Concept, regularly driven by Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda, concentrates the research on the use of liquid hydrogen.
For several weeks, on a particular system made up of several circuits, Toyota has been deploying numerous vehicles testifying to the work carried out for more responsible mobility. The H24EVO, MissionH24's latest production, is on display during this event in a space dedicated to hydrogen. Several brands will be present, proof of the joint work carried out by manufacturers and organizers for a virtuous sport.
