Source: BMW Group
Munich. Hydrogen as an energy source of the future has the potential to replace finite fossil fuels such as diesel, petrol and natural gas. It is against this background that BMW has been systematically pursuing the development of the hydrogen combustion engine for more than 20 years.
Apart from vehicle development, it is essential - beyond the bounds of the company - to set up global standards for a hydrogen infrastructure. Thus the collaboration between BMW AG, GM and Honda has as its goal the joint development of a tank coupling for liquid hydrogen to be established as a worldwide standard. Dr Frank Ochmann, head of the BMW CleanEnergy project: "Hydrogen as a fuel of the future can only achieve blanket coverage if we develop a convenient, standardised fuelling technology."
BMW Group has been working on hydrogen vehicles powered by a combustion engine since 1979. Thanks to its collaborative involvement in the first public hydrogen filling station at Munich Airport, the BMW Group has since 1999 managed to gather valuable experience in fuelling hydrogen cars. The ongoing project "CleanEnergy Partnership" with a public hydrogen filling station in Berlin is a further milestone en route to setting up an infrastructure in Germany.
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