BMW to Participate in Research Project With Hydrogen-Powered 7 Series Cars
April 28, 2004 | Levent OZLER
The U. S. Department of Energy today awarded a grant to a partnership, which includes BMW and is led by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., for a combined research project titled "Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration Project." The goal of the project is to study hydrogen as a fuel in real-world driving conditions. This 5-year program will use Federal funds, as well as donations from partnership members, to finance construction and testing of 24 hydrogen filling stations in California. Due to the nature of the project, the stations will vary from using renewable resources such as wind power to using a hydrogen pipeline. Some stations will be fixed; others will be relocatable.
Partnership members Toyota, Honda and Nissan will contribute a total of 65 fuel-cell powered vehicles to the project. BMW, as the leader in hydrogen internal combustion engines will provide up to 15 7 Series cars, the only test vehicles using proven internal-combustio n engines.
"The BMW Group has been engaged in the research and development of liquid hydrogen technology for over 20 years based on the belief that automobiles in the future will not be powered by fossil fuels as they are today," noted BMW of North America's Karl-Heinz Ziwica, Vice-President - Engineering U.
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