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Written by Stephen Dobie
Remember the Gumpert Apollo? While the utterly bonkers Apollo Intensa Emozione appears to be the car that rose from its ashes, there"s another to consider. The is the Roland Gumpert Nathalie, a methanol-powered sports car from the man behind the original Apollo. It"s a complete change of direction, from a hardcore, gullwinged track special that set N rburgring lap records to a car that will apparently change the way we look at future propulsion. While all around him go fully electric, Gumpert reckons the answer is a fuel cell vehicle driven by electric motors fuelled not by hydrogen, but the significantly cheaper, significantly less explode-y methanol. Well, if it works in drag racing "Hydrogen has all of these disadvantages and I wasn"t happy with any of the solutions as an engineer," says Gumpert. "As an engineer you have to look at the solutions that are realistic. Methanol is not dangerous and it"s a third of the price of gasoline. It will be the future, industry wide."
Date written: 7 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15082
Remember the Gumpert Apollo? While the utterly bonkers Apollo Intensa Emozione appears to be the car that rose from its ashes, there"s another to consider. The is the Roland Gumpert Nathalie, a methanol-powered sports car from the man behind the original Apollo. It"s a complete change of direction, from a hardcore, gullwinged track special that set N rburgring lap records to a car that will apparently change the way we look at future propulsion. While all around him go fully electric, Gumpert reckons the answer is a fuel cell vehicle driven by electric motors fuelled not by hydrogen, but the significantly cheaper, significantly less explode-y methanol. Well, if it works in drag racing "Hydrogen has all of these disadvantages and I wasn"t happy with any of the solutions as an engineer," says Gumpert. "As an engineer you have to look at the solutions that are realistic. Methanol is not dangerous and it"s a third of the price of gasoline. It will be the future, industry wide."
Date written: 7 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15082
