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bmw has once again joined hands with toyota on the theme of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. bmw said it will launch a variety of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the next 10 years.

with the exception of china, electric vehicles have recently entered a slow development period around the world, so car brands have begun to refocus on the old technologies they have studied. a few days ago, bmw introduced plans to launch a number of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the next 10 years.

toyota and bmw have been collaborating on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles since 2012. however, the parts supplied to toyota and bmw are limited to "dedicated batteries for hydrogen fuel cells." bmw independently developed hydrogen tanks and drive systems. although the partnership has been established for a long time, the effect of reducing development costs is minimal.

according to japan's nikkei, the two companies will sign an mou next week. the strengthening of the partnership will be officially announced at the bmw media roundtable on the 5th of next month. toyota will supply bmw with core components such as hydrogen fuel tanks and hydrogen fuel cell systems, while bmw will only develop the drive system. the ultimate goal is to reduce development costs.

bmw has already mastered technologies related to electrification, such as motors, inverters, and reducers, and has its own or external partners for various control systems related to this, so there is no reason to deliberately supply all parts to toyota. therefore, by combining existing technologies with parts provided by toyota, it is expected that the ix5 hydrogen energy will be upgraded to mass production level.

in addition, the two companies will work together to expand the hydrogen fuel vehicle infrastructure in the european market. in fact, this is why bmw has put hydrogen-related projects on hold early on. although many hydrogen refueling stations have been installed in germany, they are still insufficient. the most important thing is that hydrogen production and circulation solutions also need more innovation. therefore, bmw will work with toyota to solve this problem.

the european automobile manufacturers association (acea) once pointed out that as of the end of last year, there were only 270 hydrogen refueling stations in europe. during the same period, there were about 632,000 public electric vehicle charging stations built across europe. this is also one of the reasons why hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are difficult to promote.

bmw aims to sell hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 2030. the most representative model is the ix5 hydrozen prototype. the ix5 hydrogen can be filled with about 6 kg of hydrogen in two hydrogen tanks and travel about 500 kilometers.

the short charging time is the biggest advantage of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. the charging time of the bmw ix5 hydrogen fuel prototype is 3-4 minutes. bmw and toyota have strengthened their partnership, and the ix5 hydrozen is expected to be launched earlier than originally planned.

in addition, hyundai motor ranked first in global hydrogen fuel cell vehicle sales in the first half of 2024, following 2022 and 2023.

why are bmw and toyota focusing on fcevs instead of bevs at this time? because the stricter european exhaust emission standards that will be implemented from 2025 may worsen the profitability of car companies. starting with volkswagen, most car companies have paid huge fines for exceeding exhaust emission standards. if you want to reduce the size of the fines, you will eventually have to make more hybrid or electric vehicles, but the problem is that europe has been preempted by asian brands in hev technology and market a long time ago. toyota and hyundai have a say in the hybrid market, and electric vehicles are not developing that fast.

therefore, bmw has re-emphasized hydrogen fuel cells. moreover, in order to implement the roadmap of hydrogen vision, it has chosen toyota as a learning partner. in the future, they also plan to work together to adjust the biggest problem of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles - price. can toyota and bmw work together to reduce the price of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles?