Like other manufacturers, BMW is not abandoning the solution of hydrogen as a fuel to power its electric models.

As a reminder, this fuel cell technology supplies electricity to the engine by only releasing water vapour, but comes up against high costs, an almost non-existent charging network and complicated storage.

No mining

Either way, a small series of hydrogen-powered BMW iX5s will be assembled in the pilot plant at the Munich Research and Innovation Center.

The vehicles will then go into service worldwide next spring.

Frank Weber, Member of the BMW Management Board responsible for development: "Fuel cells do not require critical raw materials such as cobalt, lithium or nickel, so by investing in this type of propulsion system, we strengthen the geopolitical resilience of the BMW Group.

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