While the German manufacturer continues its technological tests and demonstrations BMW iX5 Hydrogenwith a fleet of 100 vehicles put into service at the beginning of the year, BMW Group France has just announced that the French Ministry of the Interior and Foreign Affairs two copies The BMW iX5 Hydrogen, which will be used for a trial period per month Paris Police Headquarters and Gendarmerie Air Transport at Paris Orly Airport.

“Technological neutrality should encourage the transition to greener modes of travel. For both individuals and the institutions we support for a long time, our goal is to facilitate the transition to more sustainable mobility. As a manufacturer, we are also playing an important role in driving change and allowing the Home Office and Overseas Territories to see our innovations in e-mobility.”Vincent Salimon, Chairman of the Management Board of BMW Group France, said on this occasion.

BMW iX5 Hydrogen: a full-scale experiment

BMW is not the first to try with French law enforcement: in fact, since 2022, BMW Motorrad in France has equipped the National Gendarmerie, National Police and French Customs. And over the past fifty years, more than 160,000 motorcycles of the German brand have been delivered to authorities in more than 150 countries around the world.

BMW Group France has just provided two examples of its new BMW iX5 Hydrogen to the Ministry of the Interior and Overseas Territories, which is looking to “green” its fleet. Both models with a hydrogen fuel cell will be used in testing for a month By the Prefecture of Police of Paris and the Gendarmerie of Air Transport of Orly. The goal is to check on a daily basis if this is the solution meets the needs of law enforcement agencies in their sometimes extreme daily missions.

The BMW iX5 Hydrogen is one of the solutions offered by the brand to meet the need for carbon dioxide-free mobility, while ensuring fast refueling and therefore no restrictions associated with immobilization for recharging the battery of an electric vehicle.

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Hydrogen technology is relevant for long-distance travel, especially for users who do not have access to electric charging infrastructure and who the need for flexibilitylike the police

“The main interest for operational departments that do not have enough electrical terminals is to be able to refuel very quickly and have a vehicle availability level close to 100%. However, it is necessary that hydrogen stations are developed in the region, especially those with a pressure of 700 bar, in order to achieve the best ranges.”– clarifies Mr. Edmond Lanoir, Deputy Director of Equipment and Logistics at the Department of Innovation, Logistics and Technology of the Paris Police Prefecture.

The BMW iX5 Hydrogen also casually showed itself in the everyday life of the gendarmes of the Paris Orly airport: “The experiment was particularly appreciated by the soldiers of BGTA Paris-Orly, who saw it, on the one hand, as a fantastic opportunity, but also as recognition for being chosen for the test. The hydrogen prototype has added to our fleet, which already includes electric and hybrid vehicles, with undeniable qualities, including incredibly fast refueling.”emphasizes Lieutenant Pular.

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