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The BMW 750hL is a car powered by sunlight and
water. The BMW 750hL has a range of about 200 miles-or 100 miles from
Oxnard and back. The BMW 750hL has a 12-cylinder combustion engine with
two independent electronically controlled fuel induction systems That
allow the vehicle to run on either gasoline or hydrogen
BMW also has a hybrid 12-cylinder combustion engine capable of running on either gasoline or hydrogen. The engine has two independent, electronically controlled fuel induction systems. The The BMW 750hL hydrogen engine has a 140-liter tank for the liquid hydrogen and provides a range of 400 kilometers
BMW Planned to market a car in 2003 powered by an internal-combustion
engine that burns hydrogen or gasoline. {See
Is BMW Building a Hydrogen Bombshell? -From
Businessweek} While the rest of the world's automakers experiment
with hydrogen-powered fuel cells, BMW continues to insist hydrogen is
better used in conventional internal-combustion engines.
Recently BMW board member Burkhard Goeschel announced BMW will have a
hydrogen-powered car available by 2008. : BMW says it will introduce an
internal-combustion V12-powered 750hL luxury sedan that looks and drives
just like any other comparable fossil fuel powered vehicle of its class.
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BMW unveiled a hydrogen-powered Mini Cooper, featuring an internal combustion engine (ICE) similar to its Clean Energy cars. The Mini Cooper features an advanced hydrogen fuel storage tank that utilizes the same space as a conventional fuel storage tank. |
“California is, so to speak, the laboratory of the future for carmakers
throughout the world-and also our toughest test bed,” ..... “If I may
use an expression from our engineers in Munich, ‘California is a tough
nut.'” Goeschel said.
BMW also will break with tradition by using liquid-not gaseous-hydrogen,
a state that only exists at temperatures of minus 424 degrees
Fahrenheit. The liquid hydrogen is stored in the gas tank equivalent of
a big Thermos riding in the trunk. Liquid hydrogen and oxygen are
introduced through fuel injectors into a 750hL variant's cylinders the
same way as gasoline and oxygen are in a conventional BMW. The end
result, is that the hydrogen version produces almost no tailpipe
emissions, but also much less horsepower
Along with with Shell , BMW has developed a technology
for dispensing hydrogen from a filling station's pumps into a car's fuel
tanks. The world's first fully automatic hydrogen filling station was
opened in May 1999 at the Munich Airport. {See
Hydrogen Infrastructure}
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