Linde’s CEO Wolfgang Reitzle has stressed that he will be driving hydrogen-powered BMW Hydrogen 7 from now on.
The objective is very clear for Professor Dr. Reitzle. He said, "Hydrogen-powered cars should become an everyday sight on our streets."
The Chairman of the Executive Board of Linde AG has started practicing what he preaches by collecting a BMW Hydrogen 7 at the Linde Hydrogen Center. Professor Dr. Reitzle is to get a brand new model of what is considered to be the first top-end saloon in the world with a bivalent hydrogen-powered combustion engine. The new car will be handed over by Professor Dr. Joachim Millberg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW Group.
Professor Dr. Reitzle also added, "BMW and Linde are working closely together to achieve sustainable mobility using hydrogen as a fuel. With the BMW Hydrogen 7, BMW has taken a very important step towards mass production. For me, this vehicle is much more than just a new company car. The BMW Hydrogen 7 proves that hydrogen technology is suitable for everyday use."
The new car will be re-fuelled with climate-neutral hydrogen at the Linde Hydrogen Center in Unterschleißheim which presently supplies BMW’s own test vehicles.
Professor Dr. Millberg said, "We need network partners from the fields of politics, the sciences and economics, so that we can continue to develop and expand appropriate infrastructures and technologies to support the use of hydrogen as a fuel. Linde and BMW are united by a common vision of achieving sustainable production and supply of hydrogen."
For so long, Linde has been at the cutting edge when it comes to the development of environmentally-friendly hydrogen technology. The company also provides a complete range of technologies necessary for the functioning of a hydrogen value chain and that involves production to re-fuelling.
Linde is also involved in other initiatives which aim to demonstrate the suitability of hydrogen as an everyday fuel. It is also BMW’s exclusive gas partner for its CleanEnergy Project. The company has also taken a leading role as a supplier of mobile re-fuelling systems.
BMW the producer of top-of-the-line BMW 323is parts and Linde are ensuring Germany’s position as the center of innovation reinforcing it with the creation of an infrastructure of hydrogen filling stations. Earlier this year, the Linde Hydrogen Center in Unterschleißheim was voted as one of the “365 Landmarks” by the federal initiative “Germany-Land of Ideas”.
The German automaker has already produced a series of 100 models of its Hydrogen 7 which is the first top-end saloon in the world to be equipped with a hydrogen-powered combustion engine with bivalent drive. The Hydrogen 7 is a combination of hydrogen technology, good handling, high-performance, and of course luxurious comfort which BMW is known for. The range of Hydrogen 7 vehicles is to be presented in the course of 2007 to selected individuals in political and economic spheres and also to distinguish members of the society for use as an everyday mode of transport.
All hydrogen vehicles which would be showcased at the currently ongoing National Hydrogen Assocation (NHA) Conference would be given the juice that it needs, thanks to Linde Gas. Linde Gas is a member of The Linde Group which is one of the leading companies in engineering as well as in industrial gases.
The conference is currently held in San Antonio, Texas and it would be running from March 19th up until the 22nd. And with Linde being its supplier of the fuel for hydrogen vehicles, it sure would look like a grand time for all attendees. A press release did mention that Linde would be supplying the various types hydrogen fuel - compressed gaseous hydrogen and cryogenic liquid hydrogen. These would then be filled in to vehicles created by car manufacturers like Toyota, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler Chrysler, GM, and Honda.
Joachim Wolf is the executive director for The Linde Group’s hydrogen solutions team and he asserts, “Fueling and driving hydrogen-powered vehicles just got easier and more energy efficient, thanks to technology developed by Linde. As the theme of this year’s NHA conference is ‘Hydrogen: Here and Now,’ it is only appropriate for Linde to demonstrate our unique capability of fuelling all vehicles at this important event.” He also does continue to express, “Linde has equipped over 60 hydrogen filling stations worldwide and soon expects to meet the world’s current automotive hydrogen demand with the help of sustainable hydrogen production methods, such as hydrogen produced from biomass.”
If you are going to be part of the NHA Conference, you may be able to catch up on a lecture on the whole chain of events that lead to hydrogen vehicles. This project is going to be done by the BMW Group. Wolf as well as Frank Ochmann would be heading the lecture. Ochmann is the current head for the development project of the BMW Hydrogen 7 Series vehicles. There would also be a segment wherein the differentiation would be set between those hydrogen vehicles and the conventional vehicles that use parts like Ford racing cold air intake systems so as to let the public understand the whole deal better.
Wolf did mention one amazing fact about hydrogen as fuel, “As a fuel source, liquid hydrogen’s low volume and high energy density enables vehicles like the BMW Hydrogen 7 to travel longer distances between refueling.”
Linde Gas, part of The Linde Group, one of the leading suppliers of industrial gases and chemicals, is the sole provider of hydrogen fuel for the largest American hydrogen energy conference, which has started yesterday in San Antonio, Texas.
“Fueling and driving hydrogen-powered vehicles just got easier and more energy efficient, thanks to technology developed by Linde. As the theme of this year’s NHA conference is ‘Hydrogen: Here and Now,’ it is only appropriate for Linde to demonstrate our unique capability of fuelling all vehicles at this important event,” said Joachim Wolf, the executive director for hydrogen solutions of The Linde Group.
Linde Gas is a Gold Sponsor at the National Hydrogen Association’s conference, which is scheduled from March 19 to 22. The company will provide both compressed gaseous hydrogen and cryogenic liquid hydrogen to vehicles from automakers including BMW, Daimler-Chrysler, Honda, GM, Toyota and Volkswagen.
In the said conference, Linde Gas will showcase its in-house technology to fuel all types of hydrogen-powered vehicles. “Linde has equipped over 60 hydrogen filling stations worldwide and soon expects to meet the world’s current automotive hydrogen demand with the help of sustainable hydrogen production methods, such as hydrogen produced from biomass,” Wolf said.
Wolf and Frank Ochmann, the head of the BMW Hydrogen 7 Series development project, BMW Group, presented the entire hydrogen chain yeaterday. Linde is an exclusive partner of BMW on hydrogen fuelling technology and an essential hydrogen supplier to the BMW CleanEnergy project.
“As a fuel source, liquid hydrogen’s low volume and high energy density enables vehicles like the BMW Hydrogen 7 to travel longer distances between refueling,” Wolf said. Wolf also will deliver a keynote address on Thursday, March 22, on the hydrogen infrastructure as well as a presentation public fuelling of hydrogen powered vehicles on March 21 in Exhibition Hall B.
After the NHA conference, Linde also will present at the Compressed Gas Association’s segment following the NHA conference on Friday, March 23. Wolf will undertake the safety aspects of fueling vehicles with liquid hydrogen. Bob Boyd, the hydrogen solutions project development manager, also will tackle the usability of composite carbon fiber tubes for storing hydrogen.
The Linde Group employs over 51,000 employees working in approximately 70 countries around the globe. Its strategy is geared towards earnings-based growth and focuses on the development of its international business with innovative and futuristic products and services. The company’s products and services are now enjoying the hype like Westin automotive products.
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