据外媒报道，宝马将推出的i5燃料电池车将采用丰田Mirai燃料电池车技术。宝马和丰田于去年初结为技术联盟，双方将合作开发包括燃料电池系统在内的多项新技术。现在看来，宝马i5将以丰田即将推出的Mirai为基础，该车将加入宝马的“i”系列可替代能源车型阵容中，目前i品牌包括了插电混动和纯电动车。虽然目前不清楚i5技术细节，但丰田Mirai续航里程为483公里，百公里加速时间约为10秒，加注氢燃料耗时不到5分钟。Mirai将于明年4月在日本上市，几个月后将在美国和欧洲上市。日规车型售价约为700万日元（约合人民币36.89万元），而在欧洲售价提升至5万欧元（约合人民币38万元）。据传宝马将i5的竞争车型锁定为奔驰B级燃料电池车，后者将于2017年发布。

 

BMW i5 fuel cell vehicle reportedly planned using Toyota technology

British media is reporting BMW will launch an i5 fuel cell vehicle with technology derived from Toyota's upcoming Mirai.

 

At the beginning of last year, BMW and Toyota formed a technological partnership which among others referred to a fuel cell system ready by the year 2020. It now seems Toyota's forthcoming Mirai will serve as foundation for a BMW i5 fuel cell vehicle which would join the Bavarian's alternatively-powered "i" range of models offered now with either a plug-in hybrid system or a pure electric setup.

 

Technical details about the BMW i5 are not available at this point, but we remind you Toyota has already said its fuel cell vehicle will have a range of around 300 miles (483 km) and will hit 62 mph (100 km/h) from a standstill in approximately 10 seconds. Once the hydrogen is depleted, a full refill of the tank will take less than five minutes.

 

Toyota's fuel cell vehicle will likely be called the "Mirai" and is set to go on sale in Japan next year in April, with United States and Europe getting the car a few months later. The JDM version will cost around 7M yen while in Europe the price is estimated to kick off at €50,000 so expect the BMW i5 to cost more. This rumored BMW i5 will likely be pitted against the upcoming Mercedes-Benz B-Class Fuel Cell set to come out sometime in 2017.