Sustainable Value Report 2001/2002 - BMW Group

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German Federal Government transportation report
www.bmvbw.de
Research project:“stadtinfoköln” (Cologne City Information)
www.ifmo.de
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The BMW approach to hydrogen is
confirmed
The decarbonized fuel concept developed by
BMW has become widely recognized by the
political and business communities. At the
beginning of 2000, the Transport Energy Strategy
(TES) project sponsored by BMW and other
automobile manufacturers in conjunction with
the energy industry under the auspices of the
German Federal Ministry of Transportation,
Construction and Housing (BMVBW), showed
very promising results. In an overall assessment
of alternative energy and drive concepts, the
conventional internal combustion engine
powered by hydrogen received very high ratings.
The BMW 750hL is the world’s first automobile
to use this type of engine.
According to BMVBW, hydrogen created
from renewable energy sources is the fuel that
best meets long-range criteria in terms of
availability and reduced CO 2 emissions.Thus
the TES follows exactly the same approach the