The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced that it will supply its GEOLANDAR brand of tyres for SUVs and pickup trucks as the official tyre for the FIA Extreme H World Cup, a new Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) official World Cup race and the world’s first hydrogen motorsport. The Extreme H will start next month in Saudi Arabia, with the location and dates to be confirmed next week by organisers. Yokohama Rubber will also supply its GEOLANDAR for the Extreme E off-road race for electric vehicles, which will be held on October 4-5, also in Saudi Arabia.
The GEOLANDAR X-AT prototype tyre will debut in the FIA Extreme H World Cup
The Extreme H and Extreme E racing series have been created to demonstrate and promote the use of next-generation technologies that contribute to the realisation of a sustainable future and to raise environmental awareness. Furthermore, both series promote gender parity in motorsports. All Extreme H teams will use the specially developed Pioneer 25 racing car which is equipped with a state-of-the-art hydrogen fuel cell, has a peak output of 550 horsepower, and can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds. This year eight teams from the UK, Sweden, Austria, and Spain will participate in Extreme H, with the vehicles driven by world top-class drivers (1 male and 1 female on each team).
Extreme E, the forerunner to Extreme H, was launched in 2021. Extreme E races featured the Odyssey 21, a specially developed high-performance electric vehicle (EV), and all Extreme H teams will also participate in the race, which will be the Final Lap for this outgoing championship, as it prepares for its hydrogen future. As will be the case with Extreme H, all Extreme E teams have one male driver and one female driver.
In support of the concept behind both racing series, Yokohama Rubber will supply a prototype tyre based on its GEOLANDAR X-AT all-terrain tire. Yokohama Rubber has increased the prototype’s renewable & recycled raw materials content ratio to 38%. It also features strengthened durability essential for heavy hydrogen-powered and EV off-road vehicles.
