BMW recently unveiled an i8-based
research vehicle that it built several years ago when it first started
looking at developing a production-ready hydrogen fuel cell stack. A new
video from YouTube channel Cars confirms
that the vehicle sounds almost as strange as it looks.
That’s because fuel cell vehicles are essentially
extended-range electric cars that use a fuel cell stack to charge their onboard
battery instead of an internal combustion engine. And because the powertrain is
virtually silent, the only noise you get when the car is running is from the
wind and the tires. The weird body of this research vehicle has been
designed in a way to improve aerodynamic efficiency.
While Toyota—and soon Honda—is pushing ahead with
mass-produced fuel cell vehicles, BMW, like most automakers, is taking a more
cautious approach to the technology in order to see which way the market turns.
BMW says its aim is simply to have a production-ready fuel cell by 2020, and
may produce a fuel cell car beyond this date should the market demand
one.
source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1099139_bmw-i8-fuel-cell-car-sounds-like-the-future-video
by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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