According to reports, Audi will is developing the hydrogen-powered Audi A7. Hydrogen is always a great alternative to fossil fuels. A fuel-cell-powered auto uses hydrogen as fuel and oxygen from the ambient air to create the energy needed to charge the battery or to drive the electric motors. If you do the molecular math, Hydrogen plus Oxygen equals water. Yup, no tailpipe emissions; just water.

Until now, BMW made a decisive step forward forcing the Mercedes and Audi to take a similar path. The biggest drawback or impediment to development, is a weak network of stations where cars can be equipped with hydrogen. In this regard leads California whose government strongly encourage the purchase of environmentally friendly vehicles.

Audi has now announced the imminent start of testing interpretations cars with fuel cells. The first drive in real traffic conditions will begin in August this year. Based on the collected database will receive the guidelines for further development whose ultimate goal is series production.

This is just another step towards the Volkswagen Group’s production of environmentally friendly vehicles. Recall that in mass production inputs popular XL1 using diesel and electric. Under the sign of VW Jetta Hybrid comes under the hood which is petrol and diesel engines. Of course, no lack of EV prototypes to which the drive is used only stored electricity.

2011 Audi A7 Sportback

The current Audi A7 was unveiled late in 2010 and put on sale in 2011. The model is offered with a choice of four engines: a 2.8-liter FSI engine producing 201 horsepower; a 3.0-liter TFSI engine that produces 296 horsepower; a 3.0-liter TDI producing 210 horsepower; and a 3.0-liter TDI producing 242 horsepower.

If you want more power, you can also opt for the S7 version which gets a V-8 engine with an output of 420 horsepower.

On the U.S. market, the A7 is priced from $60,100 and the S7 is priced from $78,800. We can expect that the new Hydrogen-powered A7 will cost more than this, because this technology is not cheap.

Whether Audi builds a fuel-cell powered A7 or not is still a big question, considering the lack of an established hydrogen infrastructure. Even so, testing is always a good exercise.

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