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BMW Shows Off World's Fastest Hydrogen Car

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the saving-some-power-units dept.

loid_void writes "According to Reuters and others BMW unveiled the world's fastest hydrogen-powered car at the Paris auto show on Wednesday, dubbed the H2R, capable of exceeding 300 kilometers (185 miles) per hour. The are also working with Shell on hydrogen dispensing stations. '"Our drive toward the future is called hydrogen," BMW management board member Burkhard Goeschel said before the tarp slowly slipped off the teardrop-shaped body of the sleek race car.' All I want to know, does it come with an iPod hookup?"

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  1. Re:Not if well designed and tested by Kenja · · Score: 0, Troll
    "I wouldn't compare a giant bag full of hydrogen to a modern car engineered by a company well known for its safety engineering."

    They also have a lot of experiance from WWII in dealing with dangerous gases.

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  2. Why bother? by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 0, Troll
    If you want to be a green driver you don't want to go that fast, do you?

    If you aren't green, you don't care what it runs on.

    Couln't it be even more economical if it wasn' so "performance" oriented?

    Ah, what do I know? I am a pay-in-cash ubiquitous middle-of-the-road [performance/quality/price, but above average reliabliity/resale value] Camry buyer.

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  3. 185 - but does it have the hated i-Drive? by kurt555gs · · Score: 0, Troll

    BMW has a problem, WinCE powered I-Drive that is so bug ridden that it is almost unusable.

    Well they have 2 problems, the 2nd is Chris Bangle who seems to be almost single handedly destroying one of the great auto marks.

    I could rant ....... never mind

    I see a new book comming:

    Unattractive at any speed ............

    Cheers

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  4. Re:Hang on. Isn't the idea to *increase* efficienc by Moderation+abuser · · Score: 0, Troll

    The hydrogen will be manufactured using grid electricity. Most of that is fossil powered. This particular vehicle will increase the demand for fossil fuels *because* of it's inefficiency.

    An internal combustion engine is anything but simple or cheap to own. Electric motors are far simpler, more reliable, require less servicing, last longer, are more efficient *and* have better torque characteristics.

    Battery vehicles can be recharged fairly quickly these days, 20 mins to 2 hours depending and now have ranges of hundreds of miles.

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