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APA ots news: Open to technology in the future: BMW Group promotes exchange on hydrogen strategy in Austria.

BM Kocher: “It is our responsibility to choose the location

“Strengthening Austria through technological progress”

Vienna (APA-ots) – The BMW Group took place for the first time on September 26th

Hydrogen Days took place at the BMW Group branch in Vienna. Headquarters

Austrian industrial companies including AVL, the BMW Group,

Wien Energie, educational institutions such as the TU Graz and the

Platform Hydrogen Partnership Austria, come together

Exchange with Austrian media and government representatives.

In focus: openness to technology and the central contribution of

Hydrogen to achieve climate neutrality in Austria by 2040.

Federal Minister Martin Kocher: “It is a technology-open approach

an important key to transforming the economy. The

also includes the targeted use of hydrogen

energy source. In recent years, Austrian…

Companies and research institutions in development and

Production of hydrogen-based future solutions

Technological advances have been developed that need to be strengthened. The strengthening

The early hydrogen economy opens up new opportunities for

sustainable growth and new fields of employment.”

Zwtl.: Hydrogen in private transport: BMW Group calls for rethinking.

“The BMW Group clearly supports diversification

emission-free drive types. The change in individual mobility

Global markets develop very differently. We see

There is also potential here for vehicles that are powered by one

Hydrogen fuel cell powered. See in Austria

we have great expertise in hydrogen technology

also underlines the expertise of the companies and institutions,

who have come together here today,” explains Klaus von Moltke,

Managing Director BMW Group Plant Steyr.

For the BMW Group, hydrogen can play a key role

Energy transition and thus play a role in climate protection. He is one of the

most efficient ways to store renewable energy and

to transport. This potential should also be used to…

Accelerate transformation of the mobility sector. The BMW Group

believes hydrogen is the missing piece of the puzzle

emission-free mobility is. According to the company, a single

Technology is not enough to achieve climate-neutral mobility worldwide

make possible.

The European approach that focuses on the use of hydrogen

Application focused in areas with high thermal energy,

The BMW Group takes a critical view: “With regard to charging infrastructure and

Grid stability is a diversification of zero-emission drives

sensible. Studies confirm that the structure of two complementary

infrastructures will be cheaper than building just one

Infrastructure that has to overcome all challenges alone. Before

Above all, the hydrogen supply will reduce load peaks and

can thus reduce the necessary expansion of the power grid.”, says

Dr. Jürgen Guldner, Hydrogen Technology Program Manager, BMW Group.

Further information and images can be found in [BMW

PressClub] (https://www.ots.at/redirect/bmw2).

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BMW Group in Austria

Gabrielle Fink

Head of Communications Europe

+43 662 8383 9100

[email protected]

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