You’ve seen the Dash 8 aircraft, now here’s fascinating look back at the record setting BMW H2R hydrogen race car from 2004. Power comes from a liquid hydrogen-fueled 6.0L V12 engine generating 232 hp, enabling it to hit a top speed of 187.62 mph and setting nine records for hydrogen-fueled vehicles with a combustion engine.
Weighing in at 3,440-pounds with an outer shell made from carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, it went on to set a 11.99s flying-start kilometer, 19.91s flying-start mile, 9.92s standing-start 1/4 kilometer, 14.93s standing-start 1/4 kilometer, 17.27s sanding-start 1/2 mile, 36.73s standing-start mile, 221.05s standing-start 10 miles, 26.56s sanding-start kilometer, and 146.41s standing-start 10 kilometer records. On a related note, did yuou know that Olafur Eliasson was commissioned by BMW to create the sixteenth art car for the BMW Art Car Project based on the H2R back in 2007? That’s right, they removed the H2R’s alloy body and replaced it with an interlocking framework of reflective steel bars and mesh.
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We had just 10 months to develop the H2R prototype. But the great results have now proved the level of performance possible from a hydrogen-powered car and the launch of the world’s first dual fuel version of the current generation 7 Series will follow in due course,” said Jurgen Kubler, H2R Project Manager.
