June 28, 2012

BMW and Toyota to share hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell technology

BMW and Toyota will soon be announcing the agreement regarding sharing of technology which these two auto majors will be entering into. BMW will receive…

BMW and Toyota will soon be announcing the agreement regarding sharing of technology which these two auto majors will be entering into. BMW will receive Toyota hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell technology while Toyota will have access to BMW CFRP forming technology in return. This sharing of technology by these two top auto companies will go a long way in ensuring better performance and better direction for BMW vehicles where in this technology will be utilized.

BMW currently uses hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts at their Spartanburg, SC Plant. Cost of producing fuel cells has reduced to a great extent making more auto makers interested in this technology. However despite lower costs, the price is still more that even a company of BMW magnitude will be able to bear and hence this new technology sharing aspect that will make it more economical for both parties.

Similarly sharing of hybrid technology will also benefit both companies. BMW has been producing hybrid vehicles which are currently in production. In exchange BMW will share their CFRP technology with Toyota. This is high pressure resin transfer molding technology that BMW is using in their I model passenger cars which will now be shared by Toyota as part of this new agreement.

Tags: BMW, hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell technology, toyota

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BMW to Toyota: Light materials`s
Toyota to BMW: Hybrid and Hydrogen engines` references

BMW is simply so behind from Toyota in these two technologies (between others) that writing this is an insult for Toyota. Commenting about BMW forklifts??? but not hydrogen cars from Toyota being already sold, or the superiority of the Toyota`s hybrid system and instead, commenting about the mediocre BMW hybrid and hydrogen systems is truly an insult for the industry.

While BMW with its gas-hydrogen engine can’t deliver more than 300km with a deposit, Toyota already offers (limited sales) a car able to run 900km with a deposit of the same fuel (hydrogen) where, only the hydrogen side makes near 700km (the whole hybrid-hydrogen system makes 3 times what BMW badly does.

About hybrid engines, more about the same, in Toyota`s favour. There is NOT a single BMW electric motor able to reach the same performance of even the oldest Prius`s, with the same source of electricity.

I don’t really get the point of the writer but this article is absurd and its just turning things trying to make people believe that BMW is at the same level of Toyota (superiority (Toyota`s) that deserves to be named).

I believe, you will probably be one of those guys writing articles about how `BMW developed something` being a technology used in Toyota since more than a decade ago (this already happened with Chevrolet and Ford but still, nothing near).
Note: And lets avoid comparisons between Lexus and BMW