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The ground-breaking BMW
Hydrogen 7 car was presented to Deputy Mayor of London and London
Hydrogen Partnership Chair, Nicky Gavron, at City Hall yesterday to
raise awareness of hydrogen as an alternative energy source for
tomorrow's consumers.
BMW's Head of
Government and Industrial Affairs, John Hollis, handed over the BMW
Hydrogen 7 for the use of the Deputy Mayor. The car is part of BMW's
initiative to encourage debate around the role of hydrogen in the
economy. For the next two months, cars will be evaluated in the UK by
business leaders and opinion formers.
John Hollis said: “BMW
is a pioneer in the development and use of hydrogen as a fuel source and
shares the vision of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor that London should be
one of the world centres for Hydrogen. In recognition of the work the
Mayor's Office has done in this field, BMW would like it to be the first
public organisation in the country to have the use of a Hydrogen 7 car.”
The BMW Hydrogen 7 is
based on the existing 7 Series and comes equipped with an internal
combustion engine capable of running on hydrogen or petrol. In hydrogen
mode the car emits nothing more than water vapour. Powered by a 260hp
12-cylinder engine, the Hydrogen 7 accelerates from zero to 62mph in 9.5
seconds before going on to an electronically-limited 143mph top speed.
100 Hydrogen 7 cars
have been built for worldwide evaluation with six cars in the UK over
the summer. |
