BMW's Hydrogen 7 Car Explained [Video]

The Sort-of Production Car Performs Well, But is it a Herald of the Future?

July 16, 2008 at 10:42AM by Jim Motavalli | comment

Dave Buchko, an advanced powertrain spokesperson for BMW, recently delivered the company's Hydrogen 7 car to me for a test drive.

Unlike other fuel-cell based models from competitors, the Hydrogen 7 carries in its trunk a bullet-proof, drop-proof and crash-resistant tank of ultra-cold liquid hydrogen. The futuristic Beamer can burn regular unleaded or liquid hydrogen in its beefy V12.

Here, Buchko talks about his valuable charge:

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tags: hydrogen cars, liquid hydrogen, bmw, hydrogen 7, clean cars

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Jim Motavalli

Jim Motavalli is a senior writer at E/The Environmental Magazine, a regular contributor to the New York Times and author most recently of Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the Legacy of Frontier Fakery.
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