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    How the German automotive industry remains the most innovative in the world.

    How the German automotive industry remains the most innovative in the world.

    1. Topics
    2. Innovations
    3. Innovations 2021
    4. Hydrogen fuel-cell drives

    Hydrogen instead of batteries

    Parallel to battery-electric electromobility, BMW is developing drives with hydrogen. A BMW was already running on hydrogen as early as 1979 - at that time with a hydrogen combustion engine. Now BMW is working on a new test fleet of the current X5 with hydrogen fuel-cell drives.

    Quelle: BMW AG

    The X5 can be refueled with six kilograms of hydrogen for a full range in just four minutes.

    Invented by Jürgen Guldner and team at BMW.

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