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BMW Group drives hydrogen technology forward in partnership project with GM and Honda to develop tank couplings for liquid hydrogen gives further impulse to the establishment of a hydrogen economy.
Thu Aug 04 14:45:00 CEST 2005 Press Release
Project with GM and Honda to develop tank couplings for liquid hydrogen gives further impulse to the establishment of a hydrogen economy.
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Kevin Marcotte
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Hydrogen as an energy source of the future has the potential to replace finite
fossil fuels such as diesel, petrol and natural gas. It is against this
background that BMW has been systematically pursuing the development of the
hydrogen combustion engine for more than 20 years.
Apart from vehicle development, it is essential - beyond the bounds of the
company - to set up global standards for a hydrogen infrastructure. Thus the
collaboration between BMW AG, GM and Honda has as its goal the joint
development of a tank coupling for liquid hydrogen to be established as a
worldwide standard. Dr Frank Ochmann, head of the BMW CleanEnergy project:
"Hydrogen as a fuel of the future can only achieve blanket coverage if we
develop a convenient, standardised fuelling technology."
BMW Group has been working on hydrogen vehicles powered by a combustion engine
since 1979. Thanks to its collaborative involvement in the first public
hydrogen filling station at Munich Airport, the BMW Group has since 1999
managed to gather valuable experience in fuelling hydrogen cars. The ongoing
project "CleanEnergy Partnership" with a public hydrogen filling station in
Berlin is a further milestone en route to setting up an infrastructure in
Germany.