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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
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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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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.read full bio.
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