BMW Hydrogen 7 Concept – A Long Time Before It’s Really Green
The promise of the efficient green automobile that will gain wide acceptance is as far off as ever. Not to be put off by that, BMW has introduced the Hydrogen 7 Concept car that is powered by a combo hydrogen or gasoline engine. The 7 series BMW with its duel fuel engine propels itself from 0 to 62 in snails pace (for a BMW) 9.5 seconds.
Not only is the technology to keep the liquid hydrogen at the required 420 degrees below zero expensive, the process to make the liquid fuel is not fuel efficient in itself. It takes as much electricity that creates as much carbon dioxide as would burning a half gallon of gas to make 1 pound of hydrogen fuel, far from practical at this point.
To make things more practical the vehicle will be leased to government agencies starting in 2007, at an astronomical price I suspect. Another efficient use of our tax dollars.
Alan
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