BMW Will Get Into Fuel Cell Market In Less Than 10 Years

The mass production of fuel-cell drive vehicles will become possible within the next ten years.

While speaking at the Aachen Colloquium Automobile and Engine Technology, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development, Klaus Fröhlich, said that the company is committed to continuing the development in the zero-emission direction and that the plan for the near future involves hydrogen fuel cells.

Fröhlich said:

BMW will enter the fuel cell market early in the next decade, starting with very small production runs. However, until 2025 at least costs will remain too high and the hydrogen infrastructure too sparse to allow broad-based market penetration. By the time the fundamentals are in place, the BMW Group will also have marketable products ready that are attractive to customers.

The key advantage of this technology for the users is the speed of recharging. Unlike the electric drive systems, the fueling time of fuel-cell ones will be closer to what we are familiar with through our regular combusting engines.