BMW Hydrogen 7 getting more mileage in Hollywood
Say what you want about BMW's Hydrogen 7, it certainly gets around. Whether you're Erich Sixt of the German car rental company Sixt or Brad Pitt, movers and shakers are getting special treatment by BMW. On Monday, Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori pulled up to the Fox All Star Party at The Santa Monica Pier in a Hydrogen 7, which fits in with the green sheen that Fox put on the event (the "white carpet" used recycleable materials).
Two things to keep in mind. First, what is it with Fox? We've heard about the company's "Cool Change" initiative intended to reduce Fox's carbon footprint and fight global warming with things like the biodiesel-powered MLB All Star Game broadcast. On the other hand, the Fox news network thinks (or at least thought) that E85 was pure ethanol. Second, let's not forget that the Hydrogen 7 is dual-fuel powered, and the announcement we got about Luguori's ride did not say whether it was burning hydrogen or regular gasoline.
[Source: Kris Sharbaugh / Rubenstein Communications, Inc.]
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D-GOD 5:18PM (7/25/2007)
In order to produce this Monster of a vehical, you would probably use more carbon to build than driving an efficient economy car for a lifetime.
Come on, this car cannot be called green when
the manufacturing process is dirtier than a life time useage of a yaris for example.
Oil companies are trying so hard to get you hooked at a pump, whether is gas, or a super energy waster, like hydrogen.
Build an electric car with rengenerative breaking and a solar panel roof to feed the battery, make the car smaller than a new york apartment, and maybe you can call it a greener alternative.
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regguy 11:51AM (7/26/2007)
I can persoanlly attest that his H7 was returned almost empty of hydrogen and it was used while he was driving it.
Regarding the ignorance of the previous post:
- the point is to use an energy carrier in the future like hydrogen where there is no carbon
- hydrogen can and will in the future be produced with renewable and sustainable methods that minimiize CO2 creation
- the size of the demo car is irrelevant because the technology will be applied to all size vehicles
- a large 7 was selected since this is the size that is best for getting the message out via prominent and influencial people
- if all cars were battery electric: how do you store excess capacity in off-peak...battery tanks? and how do you travel across the country: 2 minute battery exchanges? and who pays for all the 7 year $$$ battery exchanges...rich taxpayer financed subsidies?
Think about where we need to be in 2070 not about 2007.
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regguy 11:59AM (7/26/2007)
Sorry for the typo...
"personally"
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PatrickS 8:45AM (7/27/2007)
I took look forward to a hydrogen future and understand that BMW developing the dual mode hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle Hydrogen 7 is definitely a step in the right direction.
Since when were electric vehicles produced with no impact on the environment? What a dead end argument. Just looking at the battery disposal alone is a serious issue.
This is not a ploy by energy (oil) companies as you conspiracy theorists would like to believe. Again, a totally empty argument made only by those who are frustrated and don't understand the hydrogen industry enough to form a more educated opinion about it. The number of companies involved in developing hydrogen technologies is just too diverse and extensive. There are more than a few CEOs and thought leaders who see the benefits of hydrogen. And for good reason. There are A LOT of benefits.
As we improve our vehicle technologies, we will need both electric and hydrogen technologies. They actually work quite well together. So let's get off of the immature electric vehicle vs. hydrogen vehicle debate that's so prevalent on autobloggreen.com and start looking into using the benefits of both. (Not forgetting that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, for one, ARE electric vehicles.)
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