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BMW Hydrogen 7 passes NASA's tests

Posted Aug 12, 2007 at 5:42PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Tags: BMW, gaming accessories, Hydrogen, NASA, prototypes

BMW sent prototypes of its revolutionary new Hydrogen 7 cars to NASA for testing and the clean, mean and green vehicles came out with flying colors after being graded for their efficiency.

The Hydrogen 7 is based on the design of the BMW 760Li and carries a dual combustion engine which can use either gasoline or fuel hydrogen. What's more, it can switch seamlessly between the two and deliver the same results each time.

It's strong V12 engine delivers 260hp, a top speed of 143 miles an hour and accelerates from 0 to 60 miles in 9.2 seconds. The high performance comes with the distinctive BMW look and ease of handling that luxury drivers look for.

The best part about the BMW Hydrogen 7 is its contribution to the prevention of climate change. When running on hydrogen, its emissions are essentially as harmless as water vapor.

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"The best part about the BMW Hydrogen 7 is its contribution to the prevention of climate change. When running on hydrogen, its emissions are essentially as harmless as water vapor."

You DO realize that WATER VAPOR is a GREENHOUSE GAS "supposedly" causing CLIMATE CHANGE, right?

"There are other ways of obtaining Hydrogen other than splitting it from water. If I can remember right last year in Science we made hydrogen and tested for it via. the pop test. No atomic splitting as needed :)"

There are, you can cool and compress air into its constituent parts by liquefying it etc. However, if your pop test involved a large container of water and two tubes coming from it and an electrical charge, you split water into its constituent parts - which is one of the more popular methods of obtaining hydrogen. The poster was correct, the procurement of hydrogen is too expensive at this time for it to be considered a viable fuel source.

This is nothing more than a toy for the wealthy to feel good about themselves for not polluting when they're away from their giant mansions that use up the equivalent of 20+ average households worth of electricity on a yearly basis.

# lolwut2 — Guest 2007-08-13 04:49

Same poster here, sorry for double post.

Did anybody notice the 12 CYLINDER ENGINE in the description? I'm sure that's fuel efficient.

No, this is not the end of my sarcasm.

# interesting — Guest 2007-08-13 07:14

That everyone forgets that it takes more energy (and more than likely pollution and fossil fuels) to extract hydrogen from molecules than the hydrogen itself actually produces.

Humans have failed again.

# ...:) — Guest 2007-08-13 10:45

raui you split hydrogen from water using electrolsis ...(wonder if thats the right spelling...???) using electricity to split the hydrogen from oxygen... thats what you did in science and thats what they do to make it... just takes a bit of electricity to get enough to fuel cars, but im glad to see this happening we can always make electricity through renewable and unlimited sources.

# you are... — Guest 2007-08-13 10:56

Yes.. you are all retards...

You are retards for thinking you know more than scientists...

You are retards for not knowing anything...

# lolwut — Guest 2007-08-13 11:00

"scientific consensus" was invented for the recent uproar surrounding global warming

never in the history of man was scientific discovery and science itself decided by a majority vote - either a scientist could prove that his invention/idea worked by having other scientists recreate it, or it was thrown away

for example, the scientists in the 70s warmed about global cooling and a new ice age

oh yeah, NASA just recalculated its heat ratings - 4 of the hottest days since the calculations began were in the 1930s

# Ofcourse it's not as efficient idiot — Guest 2007-08-13 11:35

Why do you think Petrol is still used more than Hydrogen? If you got more energy from the helium, you'd be driving helium cars right now instead of petrol ones.

Oh, and try get the reaction the right way round. It doesnt split water into hydrogen, the end product of the reaction is water.

# that's correct — Guest 2007-08-13 12:22

that's not news. v12 and 9.2 0-60! booo. in a car that 2% of people can afford (if that). how about the hybrid accord that out accelerates the regular accord! that's worth talking about. most people (with jobs) can afford a honda. I'm just glad that bmw and nasa had something to do and waste money on for the last few months on this. and that i had a few min to waste reading it.

# And there's no energy involved in making petrol? — Guest 2007-08-13 16:32

Don't listen to everything you hear in documentaries they're often biased, go do your own research.

and that thing he did in science wasn't electrolysis it was a chemical reaction by the sounds of it, it's impractical for large scale creation.

renewable energies is the way, but still it's better for the environment that petrol.

the main reason it's not done yet is money!!! petrol companies like their profits and it'll cost a lot to setup hydrogen infrastructure in large safe volumes.

who knows what technologies will come there's many better options than petroleum which will be replaced by them one day.

the car is good, it gives you the choice to use the better alternative at the time.

# Water Vapor + Greenhouse Gas!? — Guest 2007-08-13 16:43

Damn those rain clouds they're full of water vapor, damnit if it wasn't for them we'd be getting more rain!!!

As for hydrogen last I heard I could get it cheaper than petrol, it's getting the quantity required that's hard.

as for 12 cyclinders being fuel efficient it depends on how it's made, I assume it's fuel efficient because they say so. the number of cylinders alone isn't at all close to enough information to make a judgment on the matter. I think you'll find they'll smaller than the average cylinder, I've got know idea they didn't say how many litres it was which would be a better indication.

# Did you hear the latest one? — Guest 2007-08-13 16:55

The latest thing I heard from a group of anti-global warming scientists was, we create more CO2 riding to work on a bike than driving a car. Well they didn't test my old bomb

Why do people keep clutching at stupid straws, I still say factories are the biggest cause on the problem yet people can only focus on cars.

Bottom line is the earth can only support so much of anything, it's about time we get into space exploration

# y*re — Guest 2007-08-14 02:45

you are retard bc call people retard

germany over all, best carbuilder in world, muhar

# BMW Hydrogen7 — syra 2010-11-18 04:03

The Hydrogen 7 has the handling balance of the car known as Series 7 is based on, but its powertrain is very unique. Does not replicate the experience of driving a 7-traditional. The H7 can not be accelerated at the push of a BMW normal waiting - engine power, in fact, BMW engineers have done-again when running on gasoline so that drivers do not detect the difference in switching between fuels . While the car can accelerate more gradually than the 7 Series cars, which does not match the acceleration of more moderately priced cars.
http://www.greenautozone.net/new-h2-powered-bmw-hydrogen7.html

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