BMW is a winner

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BMW has been producing hydrogen-combustion prototype cars for several years. The company is also working on hydrogen fuel cells for electric-drive cars, but it found it couldn't get the same engine power that's possible when the hydrogen is combusted. ("You get a car, but it's not a BMW," sniffs Thomas Melcher, head of power-train engineering for BMW.)
BMW calls it "eco-luxury": a car that it claims is environmentally friendly but has lots of horsepower and all the trimmings. BMW frames the effort as a noble, pioneering push for hydrogen-technology adoption. It also happens to double as a "green" marketing effort in a time of growing concern about global warming driven by fossil-fuel burning.

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This car sounds great, and I wonder how well it runs in Canada. We have extremes of temperature here, and it's always a challenge to find a vehicle which will start in the cold and run well in the heat. Are there any owners out there who could tell us how the BMW green car runs in extreme temperatures?
I'd also be keen to hear about the experiences of anyone who has had a " Smart Car" for a year or more. How are they at getting out of snow-drifts? Do they boil over in the heat?