BMW Hydrogen 7 Joins Department of Transportation, Department of Energy and Leading Automakers on a Two-Week Tour of 31 Cities, August 11 - August 23
Portland, ME - August 11, 2008… The BMW Hydrogen 7 — the first hydrogen-powered luxury sedan — joins an unprecedented cross-country journey featuring hydrogen-powered cars by the world’s leading automakers in the 2008 Hydrogen Road Tour.

From August 11 - 23, the hydrogen powered convoy will travel from Portland, Maine to Santa Monica, California with one goal: to call on congressional leaders to support the creation of a nationwide hydrogen fueling station infrastructure.

The Hydrogen Road Tour is a partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, the California Fuel Cell Partnership and the National Hydrogen Association. In addition to BMW, participants include Daimler, GM, Honda, Hyundai-Kia, Nissan, Toyota, and VW. Also part of this broad coalition are hydrogen fuel providers Linde, BMW’s hydrogen fuel partner for the Tour, and Air Products.

“BMW has already logged nearly 2 million miles in our fleet of 100 BMW Hydrogen 7s. Being on this tour will show more people that hydrogen is truly the best alternative transportation fuel. An internal combustion engine, powered by hydrogen should play an important role in the future of sustainable mobility,” said Tom Baloga, BMW Vice President of Engineering, US.

What is most unusual about the Hydrogen Road Tour is the partnership between the world’s leading automakers, key federal departments, influential non-governmental organizations and hydrogen fuel providers to bring the reality of practical, clean energy to our nation’s legislators and the public. The tour will visit key members of Congress in their home states to allow them the opportunity to see and drive these cars.

BMW Hydrogen 7 is the only car on the tour that stores liquid hydrogen to power an internal combustion engine. Hydrogen is one of the cleanest energy sources available producing zero emissions. Essentially the only tailpipe emission is water vapor.

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(openPR) - Mods4cars announces the remoteKEY for BMW 3 series (E90).

The remoteKEY E90 offers customizable, useful features, in one easy to install product.

This unique comfort controller can be installed by anyone with the help of our detailed installation manual. Installation requires little electronic skills and is done without cutting wires or soldering! The module comes with all wires and parts needed.
No need for extra key fobs. Everything is done with the original key remote.

The control unit was designed by our certified engineer, having years of experience on Porsche and Mercedes Benz vehicle electronics. It was developed according to all European and American (CE, FCC) directives and constitutes a state-of-the-art electronic onboard control unit. Over-voltage protection, reverse polarity protection, safety shut-off and absolutely minimal standby power drain can be taken for granted.

Unique design features only to be found in our product:
• Fully E13 tested and certified: E13 10R-02 4133
• Ultra-low power standby mode (less than 0.1mA).
• InstallAID™ LED shows correct installation and status.
• Intuitive Setup menu for easy customization.
• Universal compatibility to all 3 new BMW 3 Series Models:
o BMW E90 (Sedan)
o BMW E91 (Touring)
o BMW E92 (2 Door Coupe

Product Features:
• Remote window control: One-Touch operation of the windows and sunroof with the original remote on all models (US and Euro)
• Automatic door unlocking when ignition is turned off. Aviod having to pull the door handles twice to get out.
• Automatic folding mirrors by remote (Factory option motorized mirrors required).
• User programmable: The module can be individually enabled or disabled. All settings are retained even if the car battery is disconnected.
• Shop/Diagnose mode: If activated the module is completely passive, as if it was not installed at all. It becomes invisible to diagnostic tools.

By introducing the BMW series of comfort controllers, mods4cars now has the current Porsche cars and technology covered and continues a tradition begun in late 2001, to develop and market high-tech specialty controllers for high-end cars.

More information can be found on www.mods4cars.com.

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Mods4cars was founded in 2002 with the idea to add a highly demanded feature to the otherwise almost perfect Porsche Boxster: Comfort One-Touch roof operation while driving at slow speeds. The resulting product offered not only that, but also allowed quick and easy installation by just swapping out a relay box, thus leaving no traces and no permanent changes on the vehicle. The first smartTOP roof controller was born.
The success of our first products in Germany and Europe prompted us in late 2004 to move operations to the USA, to be able to serve the American market as well as all other English speaking countries such as Australia, UK and South Africa from one central location. Our business has grown to a full fledged international corporation with an office in southern California and a full line of innovative products as well as distributors and installation partners all over the globe.
Being highly specialized in the development and distribution of after market roof- and comfort controllers since 2002 allows us to offer an unsurpassed level of competence and product quality. Our main goal is optimization of each individual product to a maximum in compatibility, usability and intuitive operation. We put greatest effort into development and quality checks of all our products to achieve this goal and meet all expectations of our customers.
All our products are designed by our certified engineers, having years of experience on Porsche and Mercedes Benz vehicle electronics. We develop and manufacture according to all European and American (CE, FCC) directives and deliver state-of-the-art electronic onboard control units. Over-voltage protection, reverse polarity protection, safety shut-off and absolutely minimal standby power drain can be taken for granted.
The extraordinary success of our products is also based on the great communication with our customers, which usually already starts for each new product during the development and prototyping phase.

Source: openPR