BMW iX5 Hydrogen: Testing under real driving conditions, prototype assembly and industrialisation in parallel
Current vehicle prototypes are completing a comprehensive testing programme. At the same time, the next assembly phase for the third-generation fuel cell system is getting underway in Munich, as BMW Group Plant Steyr prepares for future series production.
Munich. The new BMW iX5 Hydrogen has reached the next development phase on the road to series production: Current prototypes are undergoing a comprehensive testing programme; in parallel, the third-generation fuel cell system is entering a new assembly phase at the Hydrogen Competence Centre in Munich. At the same time, preparations for industrialisation and future series production of the hydrogen fuel cell system are underway at the engine facility in Steyr, Austria.
With these steps, the BMW Group is systematically driving the development of its first hydrogen production vehicle. The primary focus is on further validation of the overall system, preparations for industrialisation and the integration of fuel cell technology into a vehicle concept with typical BMW driving dynamics.
Josef Hochreiter, head of Hydrogen Vehicles at the BMW Group, says:
Our ambition for the BMW iX5 Hydrogen is clear: a true BMW – with Sheer Driving Pleasure. A perfectly coordinated overall system is crucial for this.
”Current testing demonstrates how the fuel cell system, high-voltage battery and electric drive train are already successfully integrated and how systematically we are developing the technology towards series production,”
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