I came across an article about BMW’s Eco Luxury on Technology Review, which mentions that it is an amazing concept, but the process of hydrogen fuel generation is the biggest challenge, which may put an end to the entire concept of hydrogen powered cars .
Beginning with Eco Luxury first; it is a car that can switch between Hydrogen and Gasoline on the click of a single button. Also dubbed as the Hydrogen 7, BMW is planning to produce 100 units and then rent them out to carefully selected personalities from the automotive industry.
Eco luxury can run on hydrogen and simultaneously feel like a conventional sedan as it produces a lot of horsepower, the only major difference being the sound or rather the high-pitched grunt. It has a 12-cylinder, 6-liter engine that produces 260 hp as compared to the 400 horses it produces when running on conventional gasoline. The comparison may be harsh when compared to prior hydrogen-combustion engines, but the focus here is not on the productivity rather the technology incorporated.
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