BMW Gives Petersen Automotive Museum a Hydrogen-Powered Loaner

BMW has loaned a pair of 2008 Hydrogen 7 vehicles to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. One car will remain in service as an on-the-road demonstration vehicle. The other will go on display inside the museum.

The Petersen's Alternative Power Exhibit also features a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, a coal- and wood-burning truck, a steam-powered car from the 1970s, a General Motors EV-1 and a 1963 Chrysler Turbine car.

Last year, researchers at Argonnne National Laboratory put BMW's hydrogen-burning V12 engine to the test and found that it -- as BMW had been claiming -- produces little more in the way of tailpipe emissions than water vapor.

Argonne's scientists found that the Hydrogen 7's exhaust stream is one of the cleanest in the industry, surpassing even the "Super Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (or SULEV) that is now the cleanest rating.

BMW has placed about 100 of the 7 Series sedans with celebrities, politicians and opinion-leaders to help raise awareness about its hydrogen fuel initiative.

Greg Johnson, Contributor

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Greg Johnson April 6, 2009, 3:42 PM

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