First Korean Hydrogen Cars Appearance

Posted at 05:17, 2008-May-9

A handful of high-status Koreans assembled at Olympic Park in Seoul (eastern) last Tuesday to attend and trial drive a hydrogen-controlled vehicle appeared as a BMW sedan. More or less 20 guests are there, counting the previous president of Seoul National University named Chung Un-chan, testing in four BMW Hydrogen 7s in the parking space of the “Soma Museum of Art”, examining the performance and safety of these unconventional fuel automobiles.

After the test run, Michael Meurer have a press presentation about this hydrogen car,  He is the BMW's head and president of hydrogen development infrastructure, verified the environmental-friendly nature of the hydrogen car creation by drinking amount of water coming at the vehicle's exhaust pipe. Kim Hyo-joon head of BMW Korea believed that it's just a matter of time and very soon before hydrogen vehicles will be in public.

Professionals oppose on when hydrogen vehicles will be marketable. Automakers declare that selling and publicity should be likely between two to three years. But a few specialists mention that automakers require working out protection issues concerned in using the very unpredictable hydrogen and creating sufficient fueling stations when times hydrogen vehicles can truly be accessible.

This picture above from english.chosun.com shows that Michael Meurer, the leader of BMW's hydrogen infrastructure development, gathers water from a car’s exhaust pipe to demonstrate the eco-friendly nature of hydrogen technology at the unveiling of BMW's sedan Hydrogen 7 at the Soma Museum of Art in Seoul on Tuesday.