News & Press Releases - Overview - BMW North America
News & Press Releases - Overview - BMW North America:
BMW at the 2006 NHA Hydrogen Conference
Bi-Fueled V-12 Internal Combustion Engine and In-Vehicle Liquid Hydrogen Storage Tank to be Displayed
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 9, 2006… Hydrogen is acknowledged by experts worldwide as the most appropriate energy carrier for motor vehicles – in the long term. The BMW Group has been pursuing hydrogen research and development for decades. BMW has become the world’s leader in the practical application of this ultimate “clean fuel” to motor vehicles. BMW’s hydrogen technology employs liquid hydrogen as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
In September 2004, BMW demonstrated its advanced state of development in hydrogen power by setting nine international speed records for hydrogen-driven vehicles with the BMW H2R research vehicle. This unique prototype is powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 engine that develops approximately 285 hp; among the records it set was 186.11 mph for the “flying-start” kilometer.