BMW Unveils World's Fastest Hydrogen-Powered Car

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Thursday, September 23, 2004

Posted on 09/23/2004 8:37:07 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

PARIS (Reuters) - German luxury carmaker 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.

"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.

Goeschel, responsible for technology and development at BMW, said the
streamlined rocket car sprints from 0 to 100 kmh in about six seconds
and reached a top speed of 302.4 kmh on BMW's test track at Miramas,
France.

"It's called the H2R -- 'R' as in record," Goeschel said, visibly
proud of the company's breakthrough achievement in the field of zero
emissions.

Unlike most hydrogen-powered vehicles, the H2R doesn't operate on a
fuel cell but rather uses a modified 6-litre, 12-cylinder combustion
engine for its propulsion that essentially emits nothing but steam.

An advantage of the higher combustion pressure of the hydrogen-air
mixture is its higher degree of efficiency, BMW added.

The company cautioned, however, that while the cars don't pollute,
production of hydrogen as a fuel does entail pollution.

Hydrogen is obtained either from fossil fuels such as natural gas or
by applying electrical power to water molecules. Ecologically, the
problem of finding a regenerating source of primary energy remains.

While BMW is developing fuel-cell driven cars as well, it says it is
concentrating on the combustion engine because the sum total of its
features and characteristics offers the largest number of advantages
and benefits all in one.

"We had just 10 months to develop the H2R prototype," said project
manager Juergen Kuebler in a statement.

Although the outer skin is made of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic
like a Formula 1 car, Goeschel said he wasn't considering registering
it for next year's racing circuit.

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