BMW has invested a lot in Steyr. In the fall, pre-series production of electric motors began in the once purely diesel development center. Just over a week ago, the first electric motor left the BMW plant in Steyr for Debrecen, where the new generation of electric cars are being built. But BMW is also working on alternatives to pure electric cars – in view of increasingly scarce battery raw materials and the insufficient expansion of electric charging networks, BMW boss Oliver Zipse does not want to put all his eggs in one basket, he said repeatedly. Electric cars that get their electricity from hydrogen instead of a battery are a perfect complement. Jürgen Guldner also confirmed this at an online event organized by the private sector CAR Center Automotive Research under the title “CO2-Free drives”. Guldner is the man in the BMW Group who deals with hydrogen and fuel cell technology – and he is the iX5 Hydrogen vehicle project manager. With the iX5 Hydrogen, BMW already has a hydrogen car ready to drive; the fuel cell technology will come from Toyota, 2028 it should go into series production.
