The head of BMW's clean-energy technology, Jochen Schmalholz, says hydrogen-powered cars are still 15 to 20 years away from being on the road "in significant numbers" and revealed the German maker is also working on an electric vehicle.
Schmalholz agrees with comments made by the chief executive of General Motors, Rick Wagoner, at the Detroit motor show last week that electric cars will be a reality in the next five to 10 years. He says BMW is also working on an electric car but a decision on production is yet to be made.
"We will only bring this [electric car] if it makes sense," he says. "At the moment we are not really convinced it will work for BMW. But if it makes commercial sense and it makes sense to our customers, then we will do it."
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