FUEL CELLS: THE TECHNOLOGY THAT REFUSES TO BE BEATEN

Continuous power output of BMW's fuel cell system has doubled while size and weight have reduced.

- JESSE CROSSE

AS THE WILL-IT-WON'T-IT story of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) continues to ramble on, BMW and Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK both announced new plans for FCEVS in early December. BMW has started producing a limited run of its iX5 Hydrogen, which will be used as technology demonstrators. Meanwhile, a consortium led by Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK is starting work on a project funded by the UK government, via the Advanced Propulsion Centre, to migrate the second-generation fuel cell system (as used in the Mirai) into a Hilux pick-up.