The new BMW Hydrogen 7 has been implemented into the cross-country journey the 2008 Hydrogen Road Tour. This event produces the worlds most highly recommended hydrogen powered cars around from the worlds automakers.

The huge hydrogen convy travels from Portland, Maine to Santa Monica, California, with one goal on there mind. To influence the congressional leaders to support a nationwide hydrogen fueling infrastructure. The Hydrogen Road Tour is a partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, the California Fuel Cell Partnership and the National Hydrogen Association.

“BMW has already logged nearly 2 million miles in our fleet of 100 BMW Hydrogen 7s. Being on this tour will show more people that hydrogen is truly the best alternative transportation fuel. An internal combustion engine, powered by hydrogen should play an important role in the future of sustainable mobility,” said Tom Baloga, BMW Vice President of Engineering.

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The BMW M1 Homage is a concept car of the future, unfortunately this beauty will have to wait a little bit longer to be introduced into the world. BMW announced that the M1 will not be going into production, although they did not announce a date on which it will (or if it ever will for that matter) be going into production. See this post Here where we talked about the debute of the M1 BMW.

The BMW M1 Homage was to be a concept car with superior engine power, and surprisingly good economy fuel mileage for the massice torque this car was dreamed to put out. This vehicle is said to be the top of the line for BMW makers, and a concept car we look forward to seeing.

Although no estimated pricetag was given out on this vehicle my guess is your pockets are going to have to run pretty deep to be able to afford a car like this one. We all hope to see this car out on the roads one day, and many of us will dream of owning one.

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Post tags: BMW, concept, Economy, Sport Car

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Formula 1 teams switched to the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (also known as KERS) and they are now thinking about reconsidering this decision due to failures in the system. There have been two known incidents.

The first incident involved the U.K. Red Bull team when they were forced to call the fire department. The second incident was caught on tape. In the video a mechanic for BMW was literally shocked – but thankfully he was not injured. Check out the video.

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Post tags: bmw mechanic, f1, f1 mechanic, kers, kinetic energy, kinetic energy recovery system, mechanic

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In the past technology was something that many of us wished we understood and all of us wanted to have. Now it seems that everyone in a household has their own computers or iPods that can be customized to look the way they want and do all of the things they want it to do (or at least most of them).

BMW understands the consumers desire to customize everything and they are making this possible for their new and highly criticized iDrive system. Users will be able to choose different color schemes as well as screensavers for the graphical user interface – but more importantly they will be able to adjust the engine boost levels and transmission shift points – which will help consumers to increase the fuel economy.

If you happen to share a car with your spouse you will still be able to enjoy your personal customization. The car will know who is driving and will remember the setting when the specific key fob is being used. It is true that it sounds a bit confusing – but the good thing is any changes made can be done through a web enabled computer – which we are hoping will make things a bit easier. There are still dozens of more features for the new iDrive which you can look at here.

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Post tags: engine levels, fuel economy, idrive, interface

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BMW is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the famed BMW M1. They are celebrating the new birthday in the way that we all love – with a new concept car which has been dubbed the M1 Homage. They recently debuted the new concept at the 2008 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Lake Como, Italy.

“For BMW, heritage is always also a living heritage,” said BMW Group Board Member for Development – Dr. Klaus Draeger. “Drawing inspiration from your own past and thereby reinventing yourself – that is exactly what the BMW M1 Homage demonstrates in impressive style.”

BMW was true to its word and used the Homage to pay tribute to both the BMW Turbo and the M1 and it shows in the design. It has been painted using a black paint scheme and Liquid Orange. It comes equipped with rear louvres, twin rear logos, and hood air vents. The dimensions of the concept are similar to that of the M1 except that it has been given a longer wheelbase and if you look closely enough you can recognize the familiar squat kidney grille that has become a trademark.

We were disappointed not to receive any details of what the interior might look like or what type of engine it uses. We naturally assume that it would use a small displacement turbocharged V-6 or a cleaner diesel.

As for production plans BMW has stated that they have “no official plans for production”. However, we have also heard rumors that BMW has been planning on making a comeback to the Midship engine market for supercars. This would be the best car to start off with if this rumor turns out to be true.

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