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BMW and several European partners said this week that the HyICE project, an effort to build an engine optimized for hydrogen that can be used in cars or buses, is complete.

The people behind HyICE say the engine can provide 100 kilowatts of power per cubic liter, which puts it on par with conventional gas engines.

One of the key components, developed by BMW and Sweden’s Mecel Engine Systems, is an ignition system that more efficiently burns all of the hydrogen available to the engine, thus making the engine more efficient. The engine also has enhanced how the hydrogen is mixed and injected into the chambers for combustion.

Hydrogen cars will take a while. Few filling stations exist anywhere in the world. However, some car makers say you could start seeing hydrogen vehicles in about 15 years. Most likely, they would appear as fleet vehicles driven by municipal government agencies. These cars typically drive in a circumscribed area and have to be parked at a centralized garage. That reduces the infrastructure problem.

At this point in time hydrogen cars are not feasible in any sense. The future is very good though, and the folks who work to develop the technologies now, will put the first hydrogen cars on the road in about 15 years, needed to start the research now or it will be to late.

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