BMW Begins Production of Fuel Cells for iX5 SUV

BMW gets ready for the start of small-series production of the iX5 Hydrogen SUV, dozens of which are scheduled to be built starting later this year.The hydrogen fuel-cell X5 will produce a combined 374 hp, using fuel cells built by Toyota and assembled by BMW in Germany.BMW has been experimenting with hydrogen for decades but isn’t ready to field a vehicle that private consumers will be able to purchase.The Munich-based automaker has begun building the hydrogen fuel cells that will go into its iX5 Hydrogen later this year, the company revealed, taking another step toward making this zero-emission technology more commonplace. The iX5 will be BMW’s most significant hydrogen vehicle since the 7-Series experiments of the early 2000s, and the BMW 5-Series GT Hydrogen of 2015, but it will still see a small-series production run and will be used primarily for demonstration and testing…

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