Hydrogen powered BMW arrives at City Hall
28 June 2007
The Deputy Mayor of London has been presented with a revolutionary hydrogen powered luxury car.
The vehicle presented to Nicky Gavron - who is also chair of the London Hydrogen Partnership - is one of only 100 new BMW Hydrogen 7 cars.
BMW's head of government and industrial affairs, John Hollis, said the company is a pioneer in the development and use of hydrogen as a fuel source and shares the vision of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor that London should be one of the world centres for Hydrogen.
In recognition of the work the Mayor's Office has done in this field, BMW would like it to be the first public organisation in the country to use a Hydrogen 7 car, he said.
The BMW Hydrogen 7 is based on the existing 7 Series and comes equipped with an internal combustion engine capable of running on hydrogen or petrol.
Powered by a 260hp 12-cylinder engine, the Hydrogen 7 accelerates from zero to 62mph in 9.5 seconds before going on to an electronically-limited 143mph top speed. When in hydrogen mode, it produces no CO2 emissions, only water vapour.
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