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BMW’s Hydrogen Car Cleans The Air

Whilst some critical hurdles need to be overcome before pollution-free, hydrogen-powered cars become a reality, but BMW have just unveiled a hydrogen-powered, 7-series sedan with amazing green credentials: it emits less carbon monoxide than found in the air around it!

Unveiled at last month’s SAE Congress in Detroit, which showcased some exciting green trends in the automotive industry, BMW stole the show with this incredible break-through. BMW’s carbon cutting sedan features a six-liter hydrogen combustion engine that delivers performance on par with its gas-guzzling counterpart.

What does this mean? It means the engine breaks down or converts more carbon monoxide than it takes in. Tested by Argonne Laboratories, emissions results show a similar reduction in non-methane organic gases. The emissions turn out to be so low that standard automobile emissions testing wouldn’t have detected them.

The demo BMW vehicle uses a 6-liter combustion engine that uses hydrogen as fuel, burning it in cylinders and delivers are performance similar with standard gas-powered 7-series, says BMW. The car manufacturer has been handing its Hydrogen 7 sedan, a car with dual-fuel hydrogen and as system, to celebrities and decision influencers, such as J.D. Power III. BMW doesn’t consider the vehicle to a prototype and unfortunately won’t be building more on the same scale as the Hydrogen 7.