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.

BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW
Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial
service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including
motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars;
DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in
Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW
Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global
manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all Z4
models and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is
represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers, 335
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 142 BMW motorcycle retailers, 81 MINI
passenger car dealers, and 30 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding
Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North, Central and South America,
is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet
at:

www.bmwgroupna.com
www.bmwusa.com
www.bmwmotorcycles.com
www.miniusa.com
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com
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