Tuesday, September 12, 2006

BMW rolls out the Hydrogen Car

This seems like an interesting Green initiative by BMW.
The BMW 7 Series Hydrogen 7 Saloon is powered by a 260 hp
twelve-cylinder engine and accelerates from 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 9.5 seconds. Top speed is limited electronically to 230 km/h.


BMW has said it intends to build a few hundred such cars at first.
They will be able to switch between burning standard petrol and hydrogen so that drivers will not be left stranded while the infrastructure to deliver hydrogen
is built up.


I would hate to get into a wreck with a hydrogen powered car. Hopefully the gas tanks are well shielded because the explosion that it would create would be pretty nuts to see.

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