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Much like Toyota and Honda, BMW believes hydrogen can play an important role in the future of the car industry in the context of curbing emissions. It’s currently testing a fleet of nearly 100 iX5…
Adrian Padeanu / January 15, 2024
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BMW’s commitment to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles took center stage this year with the introduction of their inaugural iX5 FCEV. Moreover, the brand has recently initiated a worldwide pilot program designed to demonstrate the technology’s…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 12, 2023
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As with BMW’s previous hydrogen projects, you can’t buy the iX5. Instead, the fuel cell SUV is given on a loan to certain people to try out the technology and spread the word about EVs…
Adrian Padeanu / March 9, 2023
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BMW has been licensing its combustion engines to other automakers for decades and it’s still doing it to this day. We’re not talking about the obvious cases of MINI and Rolls-Royce as Land Rover borrows…
Adrian Padeanu / March 1, 2023
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Toyota H2 Concept Uses a Hydrogen Combustion Engine—Will BMW Follow?
by Nico DeMattia / Date: December 7, 2022
BMW X5
After the groundbreaking Hydrogen 7 from the mid-2000s, BMW is once again making a hydrogen-fueled vehicle. This one too will be short-lived as the iX5 will have a limited production run by serving as a…
Adrian Padeanu / December 2, 2022
7 Series
During the mid-2000s, before the electric craze, BMW had a bonkers idea – to take the V12 engine of its 760i and make it run on hydrogen. The “world’s first hydrogen-drive luxury performance automobile for…
Adrian Padeanu / November 28, 2022
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In an interview with Nikkei Asia a few months ago, BMW sales chief Pieter Nota said the Bavarian automaker intends to put a hydrogen SUV into production as soon as 2025. He hinted at a…
Adrian Padeanu / October 20, 2022
BMW X5
BMW has been experimenting with fuel cell technology for many years and was one of the first brands to introduce a production car back in 2005 with the E65-based 7 Series Hydrogen. Later this year,…
Adrian Padeanu / August 12, 2022
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BMW is one of the few automakers that has yet to give up on hydrogen fuel cell technology. While most automakers are choosing to instead go all-in on EVs, BMW is keeping its fuel cell…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 3, 2021
BMW X5
The 2019 Frankfurt Auto Show hosted the world premiere of a BMW X5 with hydrogen fuel cells. The official product name was BMW i Hydrogen Next, a prototype visually aligned with the BMW X5 G05…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 29, 2021