The new projects developed in cooperation with different clients confirm Pininfarina’s strong commitment to designing cars and experiences for the green mobility.
- NAMX presents the HUV, a hydrogen-powered SUV partially fueled by removable capsules.
Turin – Pininfarina’s primary role in supporting traditional players and start-ups in the transition to new energies finds its best expression at this year’s Paris Motor Show, opening on October 17. Global smart EV firm VinFast will showcase its full EV line-up including the two EV models VF 8 and VF 9 with interior and exterior designed by Pininfarina, while the new brand NAMX will introduce the Pininfarina-designed HUV, a hydrogen-powered SUV partially fueled by removable capsules.
“In Paris we’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate once more our commitment to a better world through sustainable and socially responsible products for our Clients. Our mission is to dress any new technology with beauty and make the experience of mobility increasingly attentive to human needs”, said Silvio Angori, Pininfarina CEO.
NAMX HUV NAMX presents the prototype of its HUV, the world’s first car partially powered by a patented removable tank system that promises to change the experience paradigm of clean mobility and make hydrogen fuel widely available. Designed in collaboration with Pininfarina, in a pure and muscular style, the HUV is a hydrogen-powered, fuel cell SUV equipped with a fixed tank and six removable capsules providing autonomy of up to 800 kilometers. The use of capsules as secondary tanks is a breakthrough innovation that opens the door to the large-scale deployment of hydrogen for private vehicles through a new, highly decentralized, energy distribution model.
NAMX’s HUV is part of a large-scale industrial and technological project whose ambition is to reconcile human mobility and environmental preservation thanks to green hydrogen. Faouzi ANNAJAH and Thomas de LUSSAC, the cofounders of NAMX, intend to lead this project from end to end by federating key players in the industry, articulating the best of the existing technologies, and creating the solutions which are still missing.
Pininfarina and NAMX redefined a completely new creative approach while designing together the HUV. This is a “next generation” car. A futuristic fusion of muscular main volumes, aggressive graphics, and a touch of retro around the lamp elements. The new design language and identity created for NAMX is not intended to celebrate a new brand, but to really give an all-new meaning to the innovative hydrogen concept never seen before. Stylistically speaking, the HUV consciously adopts a contrasting image as compared to the current “green design” approach of our time.
About NAMX
Founded by Faouzi Annajah and Thomas de Lussac, NamX is an Afro-European industrial and technological venture that aims to reconcile human mobility and environmental preservation on a large scale thanks to green hydrogen. Leveraging a patented system of removable hydrogen capsules, NamX intends to make possible an experience of clean mobility as a service, free of the constraints traditionally attached to decarbonized journeys. With multiple uses ahead and user-friendly decentralized distribution, the capsules will initially power the HUV, the hydrogen-powered fuel cell SUV developed by NamX.
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