BMW has been working on hydrogen vehicles since 1979 when it developed the 520h, a 5 Series E12. It had a combustion engine modified to run on hydrogen – a formula that evolved over the decades with subsequent prototypes. The best-known examples were the 750hL (E38) from 2000 and the Hydrogen 7 (E65) from 2006.
However, things changed in the 2010s when BMW engineered a 5 Series Gran Turismo with a fuel cell instead. At that point, the German luxury brand had already been working with Toyota. During the same decade, there was also a lesser-known experimental i8 hydrogen fuel-cell prototype. BMW stopped pursuing hydrogen cars with combustion engines many years ago. In 2028, a series production fuel cell electric vehicle will finally hit the market, and it’ll be “outstanding.”
A new official video released this week celebrates the deeper relationship between Toyota and BMW. We get to hear Frank Weber, a member of the Board of…
