The BMW Hydrogen Car, Is It Worth The Price Tag?

2000, BMW introduced the world's first production-line hydrogen car, the BMW 750hL. The 750hL had a 12-cylinder, 204 horsepower engine that could run on hydrogen as well as on regular fuel...a must since hydrogen fuel was not...and still isn't...commonplace.

In 2007 it introduced the BMW Hydrogen 7, a so-called 'eco-luxury' performance car, with an internal combustion engine that runs on both hydrogen and regular fuel. Unfortunately for the rest of us, these were offered only to celebrities and other "special" people, so most of us will probably never get the chance to own one.

BMW's hydrogen cars, because they use both hydrogen and gasoline, have two separate tanks that can be switched back and forth simply by pushing a button, a must for driving any distance, since hydrogen refueling stations are few and far between in the US.