There are many options for sports SUVs in luxury brands, but it is rare to find a car that combines luxury, performance and driving pleasure, BMW's X5 is a popular leader in this segment, but as the global car market gradually shifts to the era of electric vehicles, luxury SUVs such as X5 V8 will soon be recorded in history.
However, because BMW's CEO has publicly expressed his opposition to banning the use of internal combustion engines, it seems that things have not been so simple, although he has said that BMW will be ready for a policy ban, he still believes that pure electric energy is not a good idea. This can be seen in the active development of hydrogen powertrains by the company's engineering department.
BMW is developing a hydrogen-powered SUV called the iX5 Hydrogen and is doing final tests before its launch at the end of the year, and the freezing Arctic Circle is one of the stops. BMW said that although the climatic conditions are quite harsh, the weather resistance of the iX5 is obviously quite complete, in the cold climate below zero, from the fuel cell system to the hydrogen tank and so on performed almost perfectly, even at a low temperature of -20 degrees Celsius, the system can still provide complete performance, a few months later, this hydrogen-powered SUV completely passed the arduous and long cruel test, in addition to proving its strength, but also for the quality control test before handing over to the customer to make the greatest guarantee.
Compared with electric vehicles, the advantage of hydrogen vehicles is that they can be as reliable as internal combustion engine cars even at low temperatures. In the face of the cold weather, the owner still uses the system power in its entirety, and more importantly, the mileage will not be affected, and it takes only 3 to 4 minutes to fill up the hydrogen fuel, which is much more efficient than the current EV charging. It can be seen that hydrogen energy vehicles can be said to be a more reliable alternative to green energy than electric vehicles. BMW executives said. In the future, BMW will also work on hydrogen infrastructure and expand the energy network of hydrogen refueling stations to provide consumers with the best of both worlds.