Klaus Fröhlich, Director of BMW Development, said the automaker would join forces with Toyota to design efficient fuel-cell-based powertrains.
The way things are now, these powertrains cost approximately 10 times more than electric ones do, he pointed out. The German company is interested in researching the tech, and will soon start producing such cars in small batches to see how they could be improved. The X6 and X7 SUVs will be the first test vehicles.
Fröhlich admitted that mass-producing fuel-cell-powered cars is not in the plans right now, but the second generation of fuel cell tech is already in development, and the third one should arrive by 2025, promising even greater efficiency.