BMW launches demonstration fleet of hydrogen cars that use fuel cells from Toyota

The BMW Group connected Monday launched a aviator fleet of hydrogen vehicles, with the German automotive giant's CEO referring to hydrogen arsenic "the missing portion successful the jigsaw erstwhile it comes to emission-free mobility."

The BMW iX5 Hydrogen, which uses substance cells sourced from Toyota and has a apical velocity of much than 112 miles per hour, is being enactment unneurotic astatine a installation successful Munich.

The car stores hydrogen successful 2 tanks and tin beryllium filled up successful 3 to 4 minutes. BMW says it has a scope of 313 miles successful the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure, oregon WLTP cycle.

It volition participate work successful 2023, though the standard of the rollout is small, with a fleet of "under 100 vehicles" acceptable to beryllium "employed internationally for objection and proceedings purposes for assorted people groups."

In a statement, BMW Chair Oliver Zipse said hydrogen was "a versatile vigor root that has a cardinal relation to play successful the vigor modulation process and truthful successful clime protection."

He went connected to picture hydrogen arsenic "one of the astir businesslike ways of storing and transporting renewable energies."

"We should usage this imaginable to besides accelerate the translation of the mobility sector," Zipse added.

"Hydrogen is the missing portion successful the jigsaw erstwhile it comes to emission-free mobility."

"One exertion connected its ain volition not beryllium capable to alteration climate-neutral mobility worldwide."

Described by the International Energy Agency arsenic a "versatile vigor carrier," hydrogen has a assortment of applications and tin beryllium deployed successful sectors specified arsenic manufacture and transport.

BMW is 1 of respective automotive firms continuing to look into the imaginable of hydrogen. Others see Toyota and Hyundai, portion smaller businesses specified arsenic Riversimple are besides moving connected hydrogen-powered cars.

Hydrogen whitethorn person its backers, but immoderate high-profile figures from the automotive manufacture are not truthful sure.