BMW will have hydrogen engines

BMW is working on hydrogen engines, but we won’t see them very soon. The fact is that the Germans have been working hard on this technology since 2013 with Toyota. When will we see the first BMW cars with hydrogen?

Until we see the first models with hydrogen, BMW is trying to eliminate internal combustion engines.

By 2023 25 new hybrid models and at least 12 full electrics are expected. It is good news.

BMW is collaborating with Toyota on the propulsion system’s fuel cells, and what BMW has now is just an experiment. They managed to generate 125kW of energy from the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen from ambient air.

But until the mass production of these batteries lasts longer, BMW says that until there is no mass-produced hydrogen source, infrastructure and other conditions, it is trying to reduce the production cost of the system.

BMW believes that the future is not full hydrogen or electric power, but a combination of the two. For example, BMW has a system with two 700 bar tanks that have a capacity of 6kg of hydrogen and can be fed in just 3-4 minutes.

But there will also be an electric converter located under the fuel cells that adapts the level of tennis to that of the electric propulsion system and to the high voltage battery, which is powered by recovering braking energy, but also energy from the fuel cells.

The electric motor provides extra power when needed, for example in overtaking.

The total power of the system is 275kW or 375 horsepower. A first machine to integrate these batteries will be revealed somewhere by 2025.