Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda Demonstrates Hydrogen Corolla at 24 Hours of Le Mans

On June 10th (local time), various events are taking place at the Sarthe circuit before the final of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda, also known as Morizo, made a demonstration run of the No. 32 Hydrogen GR Corolla before the race, and the sound of the Hydrogen Corolla’s engine echoed through the Sarthe Circuit, where the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be held.

Morizo ​​did a demo run at the Sarthe Circuit. I asked him what he thought of the demonstration run, in which he drove a Corolla equipped with a hydrogen combustion engine and showed the sound of the hydrogen engine to many spectators.

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Comment from Morizo

I’m interested in what kind of impression the people who heard this had. Good things for the environment equals something fun in motorsport, do we have to give up? I think there are many people who say. However, when you hear this sound and realize that the only thing that is coming out is water vapor, you can think, “Don’t give up on anything.”

Moreover, friends who have made cars, friends who have made engines, and various friends. I want those people to think, “There’s still something we can do.”

Moreover, there is meaning in making cars and engines up until now.

I think it was a sound that sympathized with that way.

For me personally, it is an honor that cannot be expressed in words to be able to run on this 100th anniversary Le Mans circuit with my rookie racing Corolla and my partner who has been competing in Super Taikyu for a long time.

Just before entering the pit lane, Morizo ​​blipped the Corolla’s engine to make the hydrogen engine sound reverberate. Regarding that point, he smiled brightly, saying, “I received instructions from the engineer, so I received instructions to rev the engine.”