H2: It’s da bomb

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Driving around Monterey in the BMW Hydrogen 7.

The liquid hydrogen tank is in the trunk (at -418°F), and a H2 button on the steering wheel switches the V12 engine between hydrogen and gasoline.

BMW intends to release it as a limited production 7-Series. It looked pretty polished to me, but I noticed a slight lag when flooring it on hydrogen.

7 responses to “H2: It’s da bomb”

Happy Tinfoil Cat

Mar 15, 2007 at 1:13 am

I take it, "It’s a gas"?

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▓▒░JASE░▒▓

Mar 15, 2007 at 1:13 am

Doesn’t putting this technology in a V12 defeat the purpose?

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silas miller

Mar 15, 2007 at 1:20 am

This is so awesome, but the part that bothers me is that BMW had these in the 80’s with a switch that went back and forth just the same, but lobbyists from OPEC killed it.

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Jeff_Werner

Mar 15, 2007 at 3:27 am

4.2 kg/100km. KG!

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mahyongg

May 2, 2007 at 6:24 pm

natural gas.. H2.. people, get yourself together. I`d by the Tesla, anyway.

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Tayne

Oct 11, 2008 at 6:07 pm

That 4.2kg per 100km looks out.
Isn’t it usually grams per km?
Which would put this one at 42g/km?
But surely it must be on petrol(gas if you insist) as hydrogen cars are co2 free, aren’t they?

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jurvetson

Oct 11, 2008 at 8:41 pm

The BMW Hydrogen cars are not zero emissions because they burn the hydrogen in the engine (super low emissions). It is not a fuel cell generating electricity, but a internal combustion engine that can burn hydrogen or petrol

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