BMW is getting ready to launch its first hydrogen-powered vehicle, a version of the X5 SUV it expects to bring to market by 2025, a senior official confirmed.
BMW is advancing its hydrogen fuel cell technology with the iX5 Hydrogen model.
The German automaker’s fuel-cell vehicle is being developed as part of a joint venture with Toyota, itself one of the industry’s biggest advocates for hydrogen technology. It currently sells the Mirai, and BMW’s new iX5 Hydrogen would use similar technology.
But BMW isn’t the only German automaker getting serious about hydrogen power. Porsche’s exploring the use of the lightweight gas as an alternative to gasoline to fuel an internal combustion engine, rather than feed a fuel-cell stack. Ironically, that’s an approach BMW explored for a number of years but has since abandoned.
“We see that hydrogen…