Apr

BMW’s Christoph Huss says hydrogen is still the enlarged-term answer

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When Margo Oge, director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, mentioned that ethanol production is way past the governments mandates, this article says that Cristoph Huss, BMW senior vice president for science and traffic policy, shook his head. He suggests that BMW still sees hydrogen as the long-term reply to the automotive problems of emissions and energy needs. that, despite the fact that U.S. consumers are shifting increasingly towards renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. Perhaps that is considering the hydrogen economy is very far off, while biofuels are here and now. The question could be asked, how enlarged should we wait for

hydrogen before exploring our other options? Even whether hydrogen does emerge as the best option long-term, should the short-term solutions be ignored?

It should be noted that BMW is working with DaimlerChrysler and GM on hybrid technology and could possibly bring some of their high-output diesels to the U.S. market. Remember, too, that BMW currently offers their dual-fuel Hydrogen 7 which is capable of running its ICE on hydrogen or gasoline.

[Source: Detroit News]

Original post by Jeremy Korzeniewski