BMW + NASA = Hydrogen 7
“We are very proud to have had the opportunity to work with NASA, an organization that is at the cutting edge of discovery and innovation.
NASA and BMW have a common research interest: the use of liquid hydrogen,” said Karl-Heinz Ziwica, Vice President of Engineering at BMW of North America. “The high energy content of liquid hydrogen is the reason why NASA uses it to send the space shuttle into space. BMW applied the same reasoning to the Hydrogen . Hydrogen fuel is also capable of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent.
The BMW Hydrogen demonstrates that hydrogen-powered vehicles are a viable option for the future of sustainable mobility.” During the test period, NASA personnel had access to a feet of BMW Hydrogen 7. The Hydrogen is powered by a form of liquid hydrogen similar to the one NASA uses for its shuttles.
The Hydrogen ’s combustion engine also runs on gasoline. During the NASA trial period, the liquid hydrogen fuel was supplied by the space agency’s own storage facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida. BMW has built a total of 100 Hydrogen s, of which 25 are used in U.S. test programs.
The feet has already covered more than 1.3 million miles in test programs around the globe.
Source: BMW Magazine