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BMW sets nine records for hydrogen-drive cars
with combustion engine
BMW has proven what the hydrogen car is able to offer. Its H2R vehicle has set 9 records for hydrogen-drive cars with combustion engine. "Nine records marking the start into the hydrogen age. BMW technology has already come a long way. Now, together with politicians and the energy industry, we must turn our vision of sustained mobility into reality", stated Professor Burkhard Göschel, Board Member of the BMW Group, during the speed record trials in Miramas.
Achieving this amazing success at the high-speed Miramas Proving Grounds in France, the BMW Group has clearly proven its conviction that hydrogen is able to replace conventional fuel without requiring the driver to make the slightest compromise in terms of dynamic, up-to-date performance.
Indeed, the specifications of the H2R Record Car clearly confirm this superiority, the six-litre 12-cylinder power unit developing an output of more than 210 kW or 285 PS. This accelerates the BMW prototype to 100 km/h in approximately six seconds reaching a top speed of 302.4 km/h. Based on the petrol power unit featured in the BMW 760i, BMW?s hydrogen combustion engine boasts the most advanced technologies such as BMW?s fully variable Valvetronic valve drive.
The main modifications to the engine involve the fuel injection system adapted by BMW to the special features and requirements of hydrogen, the H2R Record Car benefiting from the results gained in series development of BMW?s future hydrogen engine for the world?s first premium sedan built for dual-mode operation: BMW will be launching a dual-mode version of the current 7 Series during the production cycle of the present model, thus introducing the first car of its kind able to run on both hydrogen and petrol.