Efforts To Reduce Emissions, Yamaha Presents Hydrogen Powered Golf Cars

Drive H2. (Doc. Yamaha)

JAKARTA - Yamaha through its subsidiary Yamaha Golf-Company (YGC) officially announced the concept of Drive H2, a golf cart in the US equipped with hydrogen technology.

Reporting from the company's official website, Monday, January 29, the concept is based on the Drive2 Concierge4 model, a four-seater golf cart that is marketed worldwide. It is stated that this hydrogen engine can utilize existing technology and does not need to issue CO2 in the process of burning it.

Drive H2 is equipped with two high-pressure hydrogen tanks, each 25 liters, which are placed under the driver's seat and behind the back seat. The car has been exhibited at the PGA Show in Orlando, USA, one of the biggest events in golf.

Yamaha is conducting research and development of this technology because it has the potential to achieve the sustainability of the use of internal combustion engines and decarbonization.

In addition to Drive H2, the manufacturer bearing the forkthala logo has announced several concept models equipped with the technology, including generators and ROVs. This is one of the manufacturer's movements in achieving decarbonization.

In October 2023, Toyota together with Yamaha and other state-of-the-art industry companies, such as Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Honda, jointly developed a hydrogen-powered bucket car called HySE-X1.

The engine used is 4-cylinder cooled DoHC 16 valve 998 cc. Small as a bucket car, this vehicle has a length of 3,530 mm, a width of 2,070 mm, and a length of 1,700 mm, weighing up to 1,500 kg.