BMW finally promised to join the hydrogen fuel cell party
This sleek i8-based prototype housed a three-meter hydrogen tank and aimed at performance from a fuel-cell, rather than range. Photo: BMW CommunicationsAfter a journey of more than 25 years, German premium automaker BMW is finally, belatedly, entering the hydrogen fuel-cell production race.BMW confirmed last week that it will put a toe-in-the-water hydrogen-powered X5 onto the market in the “early ‘20s” before a full series production fuel-cell goes on sale in 2025.
“There will be nothing whatsoever from the Toyota and BMW partnership in production next year or 2017,” BMW’s then vice-president of drivetrain research, Matthias Klietz admitted in 2015.“But it will be somewhere between 2020 and 2025 from the hydrogen fuel-cell development.”Toyota, he admitted, had a technological lead in fuel-cell stacks, but BMW was more advanced in tank technology.
The Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL emits just 0.34 kg of CO2 per 100km. And is already in production. Photo: Daimler CommunicationsBut arch-rival Mercedes-Benz is already in the European market with its GLC Fuel Cell and Toyota, Honda and Hyundai have production fuel-cell cars . “The i3 and i8 were solitary cars with solitary concepts – its first battery pack was only 22kWh,” Frölich responded.“BMW i will always make special cars. The pure i cars were one-offs, now and i4 is in the structure, but the pinnacle cars have to tell a story.The company joined a technical tie-up with hydrogen leader Toyota nearly half a decade ago and it’s close to paying off.
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