Viritech joins Motorsport Industry Association to strengthen commitment to development of hydrogen powertrain technology in motorsport and high performance engineering industries
A team of passionate Cleantech engineers, Viritech is developing Hydrogen technology to facilitate the integration of H2 fuel cell and battery technology, where power, range and duration requirements increase. As a result, membership of the MIA is important to the future development of the business to support leveraging new technology into existing motorsport and high performance markets.
Launched by Viritech in April 2021, the Apricale hypercar is being designed and developed at Viritech’s base at MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton, with prototype vehicles hitting the track later in 2022. Showcasing Viritech’s technology, the Apricale will challenge the world’s fastest battery and ICE hypercars, and will lay new foundations for future automotive and motorsport hydrogen vehicles.
With an F1-derived engineering culture, Viritech believes synergies exist for the technology within motorsport and automotive applications, and the opportunity for the wider transport industry to benefit is the reason Viritech is already working on H2 solutions for heavy goods vehicles (HGV), as well as projects for the marine, aerospace and distributed power markets.
Matt Faulks, Co-Founder and CTO, Viritech
“From my background in motorsport, I am aware of the fantastic work that the MIA do both in and around the motorsport industry. I am extremely proud that Viritech is now a member and I look forward to working closely with the MIA on methods of decarbonising motorsport.”
Chris Aylett, CEO, Motorsport Industry Association (MIA)
“Welcome to an exciting new MIA member, Viritech, the timeliness of their joining our business community is superb. Their outstanding knowledge of hydrogen fuel cells, and their benefits, is in increasing demand in the world of high-performance vehicle engineering and automotive.
The range of their cross-sector work involves off-highway, aircraft and marine which mirrors much of the MIA’s business development activities from which I’m sure their excellent company will benefit. The MIA team looks forward to pro-actively helping Viritech secure even more success.”
