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BMW to roll out hydrogen-powered 7 Series

BMW to roll out hydrogen-powered 7 Series

Postby Richard Akindele » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:54 pm

MUNICH (Reuters) - BMW will roll out the world's first hydrogen-burning car in serial production early next year, the German premium automaker said on Tuesday, eager to put its stamp on cars with green credentials.

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The specially equipped 7-Series executive cars emit only water vapor when running on hydrogen.

The car hits the market next April and will be shown at the Los Angeles car show in November, the company said. It had said in March the hydrogen cars would arrive within two years.

A spokesman said the car would be leased to selected customers rather than sold because of its high price. Leasing rates would be similar to those for a top-end BMW 760LI with a full-service package.

The BMW 7 Series Hydrogen 7 Saloon is powered by a 260 hp twelve-cylinder engine and accelerates from 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 9.5 seconds. Top speed is limited electronically to 230 km/h.

BMW has said it intends to build a few hundred such cars at first. They will be able to switch between burning standard petrol and hydrogen so that drivers will not be left stranded while the infrastructure to deliver hydrogen is built up.

"The integration of hydrogen drive in an existing vehicle concept which has already proven its merits in the market paves the way for an alternative to conventional drive concepts fully accepted in the market and with all the assets the customer is looking for in practice," BMW said.

The space that two fuel tanks take up means only the 7-Series will offer the hydrogen package at first. BMW's long-term goal is to offer hydrogen motors in all its cars.

BMW unveiled the world's fastest hydrogen-powered car at the 2004 Paris auto show. Dubbed the H2R, it can exceed 300 kilometers (185 miles) per hour and reaches 100 km per hour from a standing start in around six seconds.

While BMW is developing fuel-cell driven cars as well, it says it is concentrating on the combustion engine because the sum total of its features and characteristics offers the largest number of advantages and benefits all in one.

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Postby Richard Akindele » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:06 pm

Nigeria, are you listening?

Nigeria produces nothing. The nation is totally dependent on oil revenue, and has been that way for decades. Nobody has the foresight to change things for the better.

Unfortunately, soon the world is going to move away from oil to alternative energy sources. When that happens, prepare to see real poverty in Nigeria. Nigeria is making N130 billion a week now from oil, and people are still dirt poor, what do you think would happen to standard of living when the world is no longer buying oil?

The doomsday scenario I just painted doesn't have to occur. All that Nigeria needs to do is immediately begin to invest it's resources in R&D. Start to produce things that are exportable. Such a move would create jobs for Nigerians and by extension get the economy humming.

Put your money to good use now, rather than allowing it to fall into just a few hands, and ultimately end up in foreign banks where it benefits nobody but those foreign countries.

Wake up Nigeria!
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