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The BMW Hydrogen 7 is considered to be the world’s first production car driven by hydrogen. The car has a limited production of 100 units and is presently testing its potential and credibility in the real world.

The car is powered by a 6.0-litre V12 engine that has been designed in a way that it can run on both petrol and hydrogen. The liquid hydrogen is stored in a high tech hydrogen tank with an approximate capacity of 17.6 lb. Irrespective of the type of fuel used the engine churns out a power of around 256 bhp and has a limited range of 200 km. The driver can easily switch between two operating modes using a smooth transition. Though the range is less, the BMW Hydrogen 7 delivers the comfort, dynamics, and safety as delivered by other BMW cars.

At present the car is leased out to popular figures and high profile clientele like Oscar-winning film director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Prince Albert of Monaco, and Erich Sixt, chairman of rental car company Sixt AG.

The Honda FCX Clarity is the world's first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle under production. At present the car is available at lease to selected car buyers in Los Angeles. The car is powered by fuel cells that produce electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen. This produced electricity is then used to propel the car.

All the engine components of the car are positioned in a streamlined layout to squeeze out maximum power and provide bets possible performance. The engine of the car comprises a hydrogen tank that stores hydrogen, fuel cell stack that generates electricity, lithium-ion battery that stores electricity, power drive unit to govern the electric flow, and then the actual electric drive motor that takes electric current from the power drive unit to propel the car. The engine generates a power of 134 bhp that may not be sufficient to get a decent speed and range but at least the car is not killing the environment.

Koenigsegg CCXR is considered to be one of the world’s fastest cars that have overpowered the Bugatti Veyron despite of using ethanol fuel. Under the hood the car has a 4.7-litre V8 engine boosted by superchargers to generate an awesome power output of 1018 bhp at a staggering torque of 1060 Nm.

The Biofuel upgrade in the CCXR is developed in-house by skilled and talented technicians at Koenigsegg. Powered by E85 and composed of lightweight carbon the CCXR can be one of the best future cars. The car emits only water vapors and thus leads to zero emission. It’s incredible to believe that an alcohol can be so good for powering vehicles.