Fake News in Electric Vehicle Land

Re: the meme here, Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott writes:

BMW will go out of business if they give up on EVs and try to make fuel cell cars. If you think charging infrastructure isn’t ubiquitous enough yet, try finding a station that sells H2. But the real kicker is that it takes considerably more energy to acquire H2 than you would use by just charging a battery. Plus you can generate electricity on your roof to power your home and car. I’ve been doing exactly that for 22 years. The only way to get H2 is to buy it from an oil company.

Yes, Paul, completely correct.  This is an example of the “fake news” we see all around us.  As our educational standards continue to decline, we’re approaching a point at which Americans will believe anything and political actors like Donald Trump are able to transform our nation into a third-world country.

BMW has done an excellent job in the EV space, and has no plans to make any strategic changes in its drive-train platforms–and certainly not in the hydrogen space.

From BMW’s most recent report on the matter:

We already provide our customers with an extensive range of all-electric, battery-powered vehicles (BEV). In 2023, another high-volume model, the all-electric BMW i5 business sedan, went on sale. MINI presented the new all-electric MINI Cooper SE to the public during the year under report. The Rolls-Royce brand launched its first all-electric model, the Rolls-Royce Spectre, in 2023. In 2024, the BMW Group will have a BEV option in virtually all its main segments. There will be more than 15 fully-electric models across all BMW Group brands on the market this year.