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While true, there is also seasonality in automobile sales.

BMW sold 49,261 cars in 2018Q4. They sold 41,686 cars in 2019Q1. That's a drop of 15%, and BMW didn't lose any tax credits.

(numbers from bmwgroup.com

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com...

http://www.worldhighways.com/s...

https://www.omv.com/en/sustain...

There are plenty of more links, just google "siemens EnBW car charging joint venture"

For Lexus, you are about right, but Audi and BMW sell around six times as many cars as you presume. The most recent sales numbers I could find:

BMW: 2 247 485 in 2015 (source)
Audi: 2 024 881 in 2015 (source)

"Germany is making BMWs, not Chevys.

BMWs are also made elsewhere.

I wonder how this car would do in a crash test. Can you say "BOOM"? haha.

Here is a better link.

BMW has been researching the use of liquid hydrogen as an alternative fuel for a few decades, and has created several generations of prototype engines. But what is most exciting is that they've created a limited-run production version of the 750 sedan (the 750hL) that is capable of running on either conventional gasoline or liquid hydrogen, and switching between the two modes with the press of a button (even when the car is running). Most recently, they've been using a fleet of 750hL's as shuttle vehicles at the EXPO 2000 in Hanover, Germany.

There are some limitations to this technology, the main one being that while liquid H2 is very effecient in terms of stored weight to power produced, it is extremely inefficient in terms of storage volume to power produced (gasoline is 3 1/2 times more efficient in this area). Also, because H2 liquifies at -420 degrees Farenheit, the cars must be refueled by a robot (BMW installed a demonstration fueling station at the Hanover airport to handle the EXPO 2000 fleet).

Despite these limitations, I believe that this is one of the most promising directions for zero-emissions vehicles. You don't have the generation or battery-related environmental problems of electric cars (well-described in a post above), and the car is compatible with existing standards - it can easily run on gasoline where liquid H2 is unavailable. It makes for a very clean upgrade path ;)

As far as I know, you can't buy a 750hL yet, but you can get more information on them here .

BMW uses hydrogen combustion engines. By product - water! check out