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Hydrogen — the fuel of the future — The BMW 750hl

Mit Wasserstoff in die Zukunft — der BMW 750 hL

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Hydrogen (H2) produced from water with the aid of renewable energy is the cleanest of all energy storage media. During the course of its combustion with oxygen from the atmosphere, it reproduces its initial product, i.e. water. Against the backdrop of man’s ever increasing mobility demands, the introduction of this water circulation system is considered to be indispensable also in road traffic applications that make up approximately 12 % of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The fleet of 15 BMW 750hL vehicles that has been in operation since May 2000 points the way to environmentally-friendly, individual mobility that need not necessarily mean curtailment in practical suitability and may even contribute to increasing the benefits for the customer.

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  1. Klaus Pehr
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  2. Sylvester Burckhardt
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Pehr, K., Burckhardt, S., Koppi, J. et al. Hydrogen — the fuel of the future — The BMW 750hl. ATZ Worldw 104, 6–9 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03224539

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