Hydrogen-enthusiastic students
Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP)
2025 at Kraftverkehr Chemnitz
Learning doesn't have to be boring! We combine the highly topical educational subject of hydrogen with an exciting motorsport feeling to create a first-class international event on the mobility of the future!
21. Juni 2025
21. - 27. August 2025
Admission to the H2GP German Finals and the World Finals is free of charge.
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H2GP World Finals
August 21 - 27 at Kraftverkehr Chemnitz
We bring energy culture to the European Capital of Culture. Chemnitz is this year's venue for the Hydrogen Grand Prix World Final. Cheer on the drivers of the world's best H2GP teams and enjoy the energetic atmosphere of this international event. For a whole week, the young creative minds will be in the spotlight and compete for the title.
With a varied supporting program, the world final also offers exciting insights for industry and society. How is hydrogen actually produced? How can the costs be reduced? And is hydrogen really dangerous?
Admission is free of charge!
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Mission
Schedule
Races
Hydrogen Knowledge
Cultural Events
Technical Inspection & Judging
Thursday August 21, 2025
8:30am – 10:00am
Race Check in and Welcome
10:30am – 3:00pm
Sprint race
This is all about speed. With a lightweight 1:20 scale car, drivers must complete their fastest 10m/32ft run.
10:00am – 3:00pm
Community Track Challenges - Powered by TUC
People and students from our community are welcome to test their abilities driving a H2GP car. Aim to set the fastest lap.
Don't miss
- Silberhummel
- The journey of a hydrogen atom – Fraunhofer exhibit
Friday August 22, 2025
8:30am – 10:00am
Race check in and Welcome - Prototype Class and New Team Race
10:00am – 12:00pm
IWU Tour - How is your fuel cell produced?
Explore the production of hydrogen systems. Fraunhofer IWU invites you to discover more about fuel cells and electrolyzers during a tour of their test fields. Meet at 10 am at the main entrance to Kraftverkehr.
10:00am – 12:00pm
TUC tour - Morning session and stand exposition
Take a tour of the Laboratory, relax in the Lounge Zone, and explore the University campus!
10:00am – 4:00pm
Prototype and new team race
in this race, university students compete against each other with hydrogen only vehicles.
2:00pm – 4:00pm
TUC tour - Afternoon session and stand exposition
Take a tour of the Laboratory, relax in the Lounge Zone, and explore the University campus!
Don't miss
- Hyundai Nexo – H₂-Car
- Silberhummel
- The journey of a hydrogen atom – Fraunhofer exhibit
Saturday August 23, 2025
9:00am – 12:00pm
Judging Session (Stock A and Hybrid)
9:00am – 12:00pm
Technical Inspection and Open track (Stock B and Prototype)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Judging Session (Stock B and Prototype)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Technical Inspection and Open track (Stock A and Hybrid)
Don't miss
- Hyundai Nexo – H₂-Car
- Silberhummel
- The journey of a hydrogen atom – Fraunhofer exhibit
Sunday August 24, 2025
8:30am – 10:00am
Race Check in and Welcome
10:00am – 4:00pm
Stock Race 1
Don't miss
- Hyundai Nexo – H₂-Car
- Silberhummel
- The journey of a hydrogen atom – Fraunhofer exhibit
Monday August 25, 2025
8:30am – 10:00am
Race Check in and Welcome
9:30am – 10:15am
H2GP - Learning doesn't have to be boring!
Minister of State - Conrad Clemens
Mayor of Chemnitz City - Ralph Burghart
Sustainability Project Manager at BMW - Dr. Stefan Fenchel
Managing Director of Fraunhofer IWU - Prof. Dr. Drossel
Head of Referenzfabrik.H2 - Dr. Ulrike Beyer
10:00am – 4:00pm
Stock Race 2
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Wissenschaft im Dialog - Energiemobil
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Wissenschaft im Dialog - Diskussionsspiel - WATT VOLT IHR ?!
Don't miss
- BMW iX5 – H₂-Car
- Energiemobil
- Chemnitz City – Information Stand
- Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen – Information Stand
- Silberhummel
- The journey of a hydrogen atom – Fraunhofer exhibit
Tuesday August 26, 2025
8:30am – 10:00am
Race Check in and Welcome
09:00am – 4:00pm
FeuersH2ow
The “FeuersH2ow” is not only entertaining, but also offers a profound learning effect. Not only will you marvel at the spectacular effects, but you will also gain a deeper understanding of the importance of hydrogen in our world. Your questions will be answered, and you can even join in!
9:00am – 4:00pm
Wissenschaft im Dialog - Energiemobil
10:00am – 11:30pm
Wissenschaft im Dialog - Simulationsspiel
10:00am – 12:00pm
IWU Tour - How is your fuel cell produced?
10:00am – 4:00pm
Hybrid Race
2:00am – 4:00pm
IWU Tour - How is your fuel cell produced?
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Wissenschaft im Dialog - Diskussionsspiel - WATT VOLT IHR?!
Wissenschaft im Dialog - Diskussionsspiel - WATT VOLT IHR?!
Don't miss
- Energiemobil
- Silberhummel
- The journey of a hydrogen atom – Fraunhofer exhibit
Wednesday August 27, 2025
8:30am – 10:00am
Race Check in and Welcome
9:00am – 2:00pm
Wissenschaft im Dialog - Energiemobil
9:15am – 11:15am
Girls in STEM - Race
Girls Only Race
12am – 2:00pm
Awards
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Closing ceremony
Speakers: Dr. Ulrike Beyer, Michael Kretschmer
Don't miss
- Energiemobil
- Silberhummel
- The journey of a hydrogen atom – Fraunhofer exhibit
Events in Chemnitz - European Capital of Culture
22.August 2025 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Chemnitz City Tour
Discover the European Capital of Culture 2025 on an exciting guided tour through the city. Sign up here.
22.August 2025 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Fahrrad Kino
At the bicycle cinema, viewers generate the electricity for the film screening together and with their own muscle power by pedaling at up to eight bicycle stations.
22. - 24. August 2025 10am - 11pm
European Skateboarding Festival
23. August 2025 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Werkschau – Made in Saxony
The exhibition will demonstrate impressively why good design, smart solutions, and unconventional ideasmake all the difference.
25. August 2025 12:00pm – 6:00pm
#3000Garages - Exhibition Festival
Workshops, talks, and a summer course will focus not only on sharing knowledge but also on the socialaspects of collective decision-making and fair participation in the city. Works of art, documentation, and curious finds come together in this growing exhibition. The event is free of charge. Public transportation number 43 runs every 30 minutes.
26. August 2025 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tales of Transformation - Museum Exhibition
In its major exhibition "Tales ofTransformation", the Chemnitz Industrial Museum, Industriemuseum compares the development of formerindustrial hotspots: Chemnitz, Gabrovo, Łódź, Manchester, Mulhouse, and Tampere.
26. August 2025 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Chemnitz City Tour
Discover the European Capital of Culture 2025 on an exciting guided tour through the city. Sign up here.
Kraftverkehr Chemnitz
INDUSTRIAL CHARM FOR MAXIMUM MOTORSPORT ADRENALINE
H2GP German Finals
June 21, 2025 at Kraftverkehr Chemnitz
Excitement, passion and adrenaline ensured an energetic atmosphere at the Hydrogen Grand Prix Germany final. Take a look for yourself!
This is the Hydrogen Grand Prix
Hydrogen you can touch. The H2GP program is aimed at pupils and students and offers the opportunity to get involved with the future topics of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies at a young age and to gain practical experience. Here's how it works:
1. Design
Pupils interested in science and their teachers develop a race-ready, hydrogen-powered vehicle on a scale of 1:10 from an “H2 starter kit”. They are supported in this by previous participants and tailored coaching from our cooperation partner Horizon Educational, for example. The teams are intensively involved with fuel cell technology and hydrogen.
2. Build
Plenty of team spirit, creativity, ingenuity and critical thinking will lead the teams to a dress rehearsal on the race track with their prototype in spring 2025. The teams will implement the knowledge gained here about the car's performance in the following weeks leading up to the H2GP Germany final and thus further optimize their vehicle.
3. Race
On June 21, 2025, the time has finally come: the teams from all participating schools will compete with their vehicles at the 3rd National Hydrogen Grand Prix in Chemnitz with the aim of impressing the expert jury with their design and performance. The teams compete against each other in various starting classes.
The aim is to complete as many laps as possible in a given time using a limited amount of hydrogen. It is important to react quickly if the hydrogen cartridge is empty or the cars collide with each other.
4. Win
The winners can look forward to a ticket to the Hydrogen Grand Prix World Finals, which will also be held in Chemnitz this year! Adrenaline and goosebumps are guaranteed! This is where the best in the world compete for the title.
Patronage of Referenzfabrik.H2
In times of climate change and far-reaching economic transformations, it is all the more important to impart basic knowledge about hydrogen and its opportunities to the younger generation. Our patronage of the 3rd National Hydrogen Grand Prix and the world final of the H2GP 2025 is our way of building bridges between talented young researchers and the challenges of using renewable energies.
Would you like to find out more and take part?
Contact:
Samuel Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso
Hydrogen system tryout | Referenzfabrik.H2
Tel. +49 371 5397-1453
E-Mail: samuel.rodrigo.de.souza.cardoso@iwu.fraunhofer.de
This measure is co-financed with tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.