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HOPIUM INVENTS THE FIRST HYDROGEN-POWERED SEDAN
The French racing driver, Olivier Lombard, presents the Company 'Hopium' and launches the world's first high-end hydrogen-powered automobile.
This is a revolution in the industry.
Hopium, the Company behind the Hydrogen Motive Company group (HMC) unveils the 'Hopium MÄchina'.
A real technological breakthrough, the Hopium MÄchina is carbon neutral, can run for 1000 km and has a minimal recharge time of three minutes. Boasting 500 horsepower, it combines top performance, connectivity, safety, and ergonomics as well as unique luxury and a sporty interior design.
The first prototype of the Hopium MÄchina will be unveiled before June 2021 and production will begin by 2026.
Hopium will begin production in France, its home market, before it extends operations in Europe, China, South Korea, Japan, and the US.
A product of advanced technology, Hopium aims to be a world leader in hydrogen-powered vehicle with a projected turnover of â¬1 billion by 2030.
OLIVIER LOMBARD
An experienced racing driver, Olivier Lombard has created an automobile legacy. In 2011 he made himself an international reputation by becoming the youngest ever driver to win the 24 hour Le Mans race. Forward looking, he dabbled in the world of hydrogen as early as 2013. For seven years he tested hydrogen-powered racing cars from the Swiss laboratory Green GT, specialists in the R&D and the implementation of high-powered electro- hydrogen systems (combustible battery.) Within the framework of the MissionH24 project - which aims to enter the first hydrogenpowered racing car in the 2024 Le Mans 24 hour race - Olivier Lombard, in recent editions of the event, carried out a demonstration of the first hydrogen-powered racing model. This was the fruit of committed effort in close cooperation with the engineering team.
In 2020 he founded the Hydrogen Motive Company in France with its automobile division Hopium, where the aim was to develop the first upmarket hydrogen-powered sedan.
About Hydrogen Motive Company
Protecting the environment and reducing co2 emissions and the greenhouse effect has become a global priority. In this context hydrogen would seem to be an ideal solution.
HMC (Hydrogen Motive Company) aims to become the European leader in the sector while developing a new, idealistic ecosystem, which will be both technological and institutional. The aim is to bring together all those globally involved in hydrogen while at the same time exploiting the talent of future generations.
The group intends to get involved in innovative projects that will lead to a hydrogen -based society.
First defining step: the 2020 launch of 'Hopium', French constructor of hydrogen-powered upmarket sedan.