HUGE News! BMW CEO Shocks Everybody!

BMW is fighting against EVs. And their latest response is a hydrogen fuel cell combustion engine that will mean the end for EV automakers. With short refueling times and long range, it offers the perfect blend between a traditional combustion engine and a battery electric vehicle. But will BMW really destroy the entire EV industry with it?

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[bwillan]

Hydrogen may be common on Earth, but it is locked in Hydrocarbons (propane, methane, natural gas, etc) or water and the process to extract the hydrogen is very energy intense. So until there is a 'green' hydrogen source, then FCEVs aren't as green as they claim to be.

[NEMES-S]

June 2023.
I took a cab to hospital.
Lovely, comfortable, new Kia SUV. All electric; I was impressed until I asked the driver what range it had. Cut a long story short…….Maximum range 270 miles, ( that if you don’t use anything else like lights, A/C, heater etc. ) He said that because he lives in a flat he has to charge it at a local Gas station; 2 hours to fully charge at a cost of £60!
The best bit? It cost him £38, 000!
My 8 year old Qashqai costs £50 to fill up, this costs about £50 and 4 minutes to fill up and will take me over 500 miles with no ‘Range Anxiety’.
No brainer.

[kiae-nirodiariesencore]

'All without a hefty price tag'....🤣🤣🤣..Then the bar closed. I knew this was a comedy video

[kiwidiesel]

I race radio control cars with my son for a hobby and we use similar batteries to full size evs, lithium polymer and other lithium iron etc. Ive seen what a 5700mh battery can do when it decides to poop 💩 itself. Nearly lost my house. I don't plan on gambling with a full size model anytime soon.

[charleec]

The creator never mentions the expensive materials going in the fuel stack for chemical reaction and energy need to produce, store and transport hydrogen.

[solegunner]

I would prefer to have hydrogen car over EV, but the issue lies with the lack of ifrastructure. I would have to drive 40-160km to the closest hydrogen tank station, where EV charger is almost on every corner. Also, EVs can be charged at home. Until H2 stations are more common, hydrogen cars will not be very popular, which is also reflected in the small variety of available H2 cars.

[micromonkeygmail]

Hydrogen might be a niche player, if anything. Decades ago, before batteries got better--I thought it made more sense-get green H2 from solar electrolysis--but the battery tech has far outpaced what we imagined and seems poised to continue.

[matthewsmith]

I prefer my horsepower to be produced by a series of controlled explosions please. And always will.

[johnswarbrick]

I'm not buying an EV because of a lack of charge points being the main reason. Never seen a hydrogen refill point so that worries me even more.

[christianlalonde]

Funny, they claim that battery relies on rare earth . But Hydrogen fuel cell use very rare earth element as well....😅

[azzajames]

politicians and big businesses are backing the wrong EV horse😒

[haraldludwig]

tank to wheel efficiency of an EV is 70%, of an hydrogen car only 20%. You need a lot of electric power to create hydrogen gas

[johnnywong]

Yes but you need energy to make hydrogen and hydrogen is hard to store

[knalula]

two issues: No H2 refuelling network and 99.9% of all H2 now is grey, i.e. produced from Natural gas and the process creates a lot of CO2. To have enough green or blue H2 for large fleets of cars is many years down the road, if it ever comes.

[hdrake]

Keep making those regular petrol powered cars with combustion engines!

[af]

He says that "fill up and your are done"...however, where is the infrastructure to distribute all that hydrogen. Presumably at gas stations but a LOT of work will need to be done before that can be made to. happen. That said, I like the idea of it better than EV.

[pcmountaindog]

Let me know when the hydrogen filling network is ready. I hope I live long enough.

[Mike_Davidson]

It’s all going to come down to which vehicle type is the most reliable and least expensive to own over time. Nothing else will matter.

[deankay]

Hold on guys and back up the buss. As an ASE Master Tech W/42+ years in dealers, GM is far above the crowd with Hughes Aircraft engines, adding 3 additional facilities, the target for any vehicle manufacturer worth its salt, is a goal of 5, 000 hrs. of no major repairs. Also, not mentioned is the 86% efficiency of hydrogen fuel cells. There are actually 5 different types of H2 fuel cells. Only one is suitable for mobile use. They produce 180 Vdc on average, thus they pass thru inverter's and converters to produce 12-14 Vdc to run fans, radios, mirrors and such. The rest is AC voltage used to operate electric motors directly + change any battery storage. In 1980 as the GM EV1 program was winding down, the drive train for FWD was placed in the S10 pickup & leased to "ConEd" on the East coast for light duty repair, but meter reading. Torodial round circular wheel motor look like a wheel spacer. But outboard mounted, they act like a motor, generator, and braking. While round & compact are brushless are work as if 4WD, when coupled with the EV-1 front drive. In the cold, PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) are more efficient than when hot but slightly. So great for cold weather. Using a panel type ACDelco air filter, outside air is drawn in by a 42 Vdc screw type compressor and forced into the PEM fuel cell. The 5 passenger van I drove had electric acceleration and with compressed liquid hydrogen, had a 300 mile range on fuel cell only. The "Li" battery materials are harder to harvest as now under ocean territorial locations are in dispute. This will not be pretty to have underwater wars which is the next battle ground. The "Li" is a layer in the earth's crust that will require more strip mining. I am all for it as pound for pound, harvesting minerals to make the 18650 battery or flat battery packs for electric vehicles is the same problem of producing E85. It takes a seed, contract, diesel to plant, fertilizer to grow (87% from China) as farmers say, stand in line, pay the current price, cross your fingers you can get it. Then diesel is used to harvest it, more diesel to transport to the ethanol plant, electricity to crack to corn, natural gas used to cook the corn mash to sprout while producing sugars and carbohydrates for yeast to feed on to turn into alcohol and watered down to 85% with gasoline added to denature it, the truck-tanker or rail both using diesel to distributions centers where it is mixed, truck with diesel to gas stations everywhere hopefully mixed at the correct ratio. Folks see a low price that is not diesel, and fill tanks in vehicles not equipped to run E85. This is why dealers can take a sample to place inKent-Moore tester to find the ratio of ethanol in the tank. They don't run right because it takes 30%+ fuel to meet a stoichiometric ratio of air to fuel. The even with more oxygen and less dense, E85 burns 30%+ more fuel to get the same power as regular gas. Not to mention, but E10 (E8% denatured) will absorb two tablespoons of water, while E85 will absorb 7 tablespoons of water. Mad girl friend after a bad breakup put 2 lbs. of sugar, if made the last 20 years, the filter on the bottom of the modular reservoir assembly, inside an other filter is finer but on the bottom of the pump. The next filter is on the frame for service (Unless a Toyota in hidden hard spot and a rock. Good luck and don't use too many cuss words).
DK ASE Master Tech since 1978!

[rayharvey]

Uh...do they still use the African children to dig up the lithium with their hands for the batteries?🤔