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What do hydrogen and superconductivity have to do with motorsports? Hi, I'm Steve Hill, CEO of NewHydrogen, with this week's top hydrogen news. First up, Toyota has unveiled a competition GR Corolla powered by hydrogen and paired with a superconductive motor, proving this technology is much more than a lab experiment. By combining this with their GR10 and GR GT3 programs, Toyota is fully committed to hydrogen racing. And this is really motorsports at its best, pushing the limits of physics to find a sustainable future for performance. And what makes this specific breakthrough so compelling is the use of superconductivity. So here's how it works. In a regular motor, electricity loses energy as heat due to wire resistance.
But when certain materials are cooled to extreme temperatures, that resistance vanishes. Toyota did it by putting the motor inside the fuel tank. Since liquid hydrogen has to be kept at -253° C, it acts as a free coolant, allowing for a smaller, more powerful motor that increases the car's range by 30%. The result is a racing machine that preserves everything teams care about. Quick refueling, familiar engine response, and the visceral sound of a true performance car, all without conventional emissions.
Toyota is using the heat of competition to prove that hydrogen can dominate in both performance and sustainability. Shifting to motorsports using hydrogen, but in a different way, CRC Industries has transformed a 1957 Chevy Bel Air into a hydrogen-powered showpiece. Instead of an electric swap, the team upgraded a 5.7 L Gen 3 Hemi V8 to run entirely on hydrogen, producing 500 horsepower while keeping the classic car's engine roar. By merging vintage car culture with clean energy, this project shows hydrogen can power the future performance without leaving yesterday's classics in the dust. So, if hydrogen is clearly of high interest in future demand, what's holding it back from scaling everywhere?
The answer is cost. Today's production methods will never make clean hydrogen truly cheap. At NewHydrogen, we get it. And that's why we're developing a breakthrough technology designed to produce the world's cheapest clean hydrogen. To see how we're tackling that challenge, visit newhydrogen.com. Next, the yachting industry is betting on hydrogen as a serious alternative for vessels requiring long range and quiet operation. This market is expanding quickly with forecasts predicting it will more than double from 11.1 billion in 2024 to an estimated 23.6 billion by 2037.
While traditional fuel causes noise and emissions, hydrogen offers high energy density, packing massive power into a footprint much lighter than other clean alternatives. This allows vessels to operate in near total silence, replacing diesel generators with fuel cells that emit only pure water. Want proof this tech is viable? Here's a breakdown of just a few maritime hydrogen applications now in service.
In the luxury sector, the 119-meter Breakthrough is now active as the world's first liquid hydrogen-powered super yacht. And Blue Games BGF45 combines hydrogen power with hydrofoil technology for range and comfort. Public marine transit is also following suit with the MF Hydra ferry in Norway and the Sea Change in San Francisco, both actively transporting passengers. And on the industrial side, the H2 Barge 2 is hauling thousands of tons of freight across Europe, while Antarp's hydro tug 1 handles the high torque demands of port docking.
And Finally, the Energy Observer is proving hydrogen's endurance, logging over 68,000 miles as a self-sufficient laboratory that produces its own fuel from seawater. From racetracks to classic cars to open ocean, hydrogen is no longer a future idea. It's being tested and implemented in the most demanding environments imaginable. Cheap, clean hydrogen is the key to unleashing this flood of new clean technology, and NewHydrogen is uniquely positioned to serve that demand. NewHydrogen is a publicly traded company, ticker NEWH. If you'd like to learn more, visit newhydrogen.com and watch our short explainer video. That's it for this week's news. Thanks for watching and we'll see you again next week.