BMW and NASA conclude test period of BMW Hydrogen 7

Eight-Week-Long Test Underscores Companies' Mutual Support of Hydrogen
Technologies

Cape Canaveral, FL - August 8, 2007... As NASA engineers prepare to launch the
Space Shuttle Endeavour today, BMW of North America and NASA announced the
successful completion of an eight-week test period of the BMW Hydrogen 7 - the
first-ever hydrogen-powered luxury sedan.

The test period, which was initiated under a Space Act Agreement between NASA
and BMW, underscores the organizations' shared commitment to advancing hydrogen
technologies and to exploring innovative transportation concepts and
alternative energy sources.

"We are very proud to have been able to offer this test period of the BMW
Hydrogen 7 to NASA, an organization that truly is on the forefront of discovery
and innovation and with whom we share a unique common goal: the use and ongoing
research of liquid hydrogen solutions," said Karl-Heinz Ziwica, Vice President
of Engineering, BMW of North America. "It is the high energy density of liquid
hydrogen that allows the space shuttle to be accelerated into space. The same
concept is used to power the BMW Hydrogen 7. Using hydrogen as a fuel can
potentially reduce CO2 emissions by 90 percent. The BMW Hydrogen 7 is tangible
proof that hydrogen-drive vehicles are a very viable option for the future of
sustainable mobility, and we're pleased that NASA was able to experience it
first-hand."

During the test period, NASA personnel had full access to the fleet of BMW
Hydrogen 7s, which run on a form of liquid hydrogen similar to what NASA uses
in its shuttles. During their time with NASA, the vehicles - which feature a
dual combustion engine capable of running on liquid hydrogen or gasoline and
shifting seamlessly between the two - were conveniently refueled using the
space center's liquid hydrogen fueling supply located on the space center's
premises.

The BMW Hydrogen 7
Last year, BMW underscored its commitment to hydrogen-drive technologies with
the debut of the BMW Hydrogen 7 - the world's first hydrogen-drive luxury
performance automobile - to help stimulate demand for a viable hydrogen
infrastructure in the long term. The car comes equipped with an internal
combustion engine capable of running on either liquid hydrogen or gasoline and
is based on the BMW 760Li. The V12 cylinder engine delivers 260 hp; the top
speed of the Hydrogen 7 is 143 mph and acceleration 0-60 mph is 9.2 sec. When
driving in hydrogen mode, emissions of the BMW Hydrogen 7 are virtually nothing
but water vapor. Since the start of research and development in alternative
fuel sources more than 25 years ago, BMW has focused on liquid hydrogen as the
appropriate source of energy for the automobile. The car features a high-tech
vacuum super-insulated hydrogen tank in which liquid hydrogen can be stored at
the extremely low temperature of -423 ° Fahrenheit (-253 °Celsius) for a long
period of time - the same insulating effect as a 17-meter-thick layer of
Styrofoam. One hundred BMW Hydrogen 7s have been built, and 25 are used in
test programs in the US. The cars have already covered more than 1.3 million
miles in test programs around the globe.

Extensive press material including high resolution pictures on the BMW Hydrogen
7 can be found at www.press.bmwgroup.com.

For additional information, please contact:
Rob Dexter
Corporate Commnications Specialist - Product and Technology
BMW Group Canada
(905) 428-5447/robert.dexter@bmwgroup.ca