BMW H2R

The BMW H2R, the Hydrogen Record Car, is a racecar adapted to run on liquid hydrogen fuel, conceived and developed in ten months under the direction of Dr. Raymond Freymann. Its 6.0-litre V12 engine draws on BMW's Valvetronic and Double-VANOS technology and is based on the petrol powerplant of the 760i; running on hydrogen it generates 232 horsepower (173 kW) and reached a top speed of 301.95 km/h. In 2004 on the high-speed track at the Miramas Proving Grounds in France it set nine international, FIA-ratified records for cars with hydrogen combustion engines. It has an aluminium space frame, a carbon fibre reinforced plastic outer shell, a drag coefficient of 0.21 and a weight of 1,560 kg with the driver. In 2007 Olafur Eliasson built the sixteenth BMW Art Car from it, called Your Mobile Expectations.