Alset Global and Aston Martin win prestigious motorsport award for Hybrid Hydrogen race car

COLOGNE, Germany - Nov. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Cologne, Germany – Alset Global and Aston Martin have won the Powertrain of the Year award at the Professional Motorsport World (PMW) Expo 2013 Awards in Cologne last night (November 12, 2013). The Aston Martin Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S was the most powerful hydrogen-powered car ever and became the first to complete zero CO2 emissions laps at an international motor race when it completed the ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24-Hour race in May 2013.

Alset Global and Aston Martin made history with the prototype, twin-turbo Aston Martin Rapide S race car, featuring a Hybrid Hydrogen system developed by Alset Global.  The system, which allowed the car to run on pure gasoline or hydrogen or a blend of both according to the driving situation, comprises a hydrogen fuel supply system, tank and proprietary engine management system.

The award was collected at the presentation ceremony by Alset Global vice president of operations, Markus Schneider and Aston Martin director of special projects and motorsport, David King.  “We are proud to receive an award from the motorsport community that recognises the huge achievement of the Aston Martin and Alset Global team in developing a track-ready Hybrid Hydrogen car. For Alset Global, the Nürburgring 24 Hours race was always about showcasing a practical, affordable and clean, renewable energy and a powerful, dynamic reliable and durable propulsion system that provides sports car performance, with the carbon footprint of a supermini,” commented Schneider.

With a driver line-up that included Aston Martin CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin partnered with Alset Global to showcase its commitment to engineering innovation in its centenary year.

Mark Raffauf, managing director of race operations at IMSA, said, “The Alset/Aston Martin Hybrid Hydrogen racing car represents a technology application that is difficult and different.

“With all of the interest in hybrids, and various other alternative racing power systems, hydrogen was an unexplored alternative for competition. No more…this bold step has clearly shown that it can be made to work and now we are seeing the necessary interest and development to facilitate hydrogen’s use in that most difficult of arenas: competition.”

About Alset Global

Formed in 2005, Alset Global is technology and engineering company working on clean mobility solutions based on hydrogen. With European engineering headquarters in Graz, Austria, Alset Global has developed a unique, patented Hybrid Hydrogen system, to run on pure gasoline or pure hydrogen or a blend of both, which is designed to offer automotive OEMs, vehicle fleets and cities a clean mobility solution in time for new emission targets and legislation standards without disrupting the industry.

About the Professional MotorSport World Expo Awards:

Highly prized by their winners and well respected by the motorsport community, the Professional MotorSport World Expo Awards recognize and reward the innovative thinking and hard work of the motorsport industry. They are presented at a spectacular Gala Dinner following Day 1 of Professional MotorSport World Expo in Cologne, central Europe's largest motorsport trade show. The dinner is attended by around 800 motorsport professionals and journalists from around the world. Nominations are for the awards are put forward by the readers and editorial staff of Professional Motorsport World magazine. A shortlist collated from the nominations received is then passed to an independent, expert jury to decide the results, with the winners being revealed and the trophies presented in Cologne each November. For more details, go to www.pmw-expo.com (http://media.ne.cision.com/l/nvmplpvj/www.pmw-expo.com/).

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