General Motors’ hydrogen fuel cell hopes for 2015
Confident in the progress of its next generation hydrogen fuel cell system, General Motors has suggested the technology may be ready for production by 2015.
GM says the new Gen 2 system is around 100kg lighter than those used to power the ‘Project Driveway’ Chevrolet Equinox test vehicles and uses about one-third of the platinum.
It is also made up of fewer components and is about half the size of the Gen 1, meaning that it can be packaged in a similar space to a four-cylinder engine.
GM is also working on hydrogen storage methods, aiming to team two tanks with the Gen 2 system rather than the three that are currently necessary to operate the Equinox’s fuel cell.
The official word from GM on when we are likely to see this technology in showrooms remains a hazy but optimistic “sooner than you think”.
One thing it is clear on is its commitment to the technology, confirming it has no intentions of abandoning fuel cell technologies heading into the future.
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As a blogger who has covered this beat for Media General, I'd sure like to know Pontiac's reasoning…if Motorati is so successful, why ARE they pulling the plug?
I'm no fan of General Motors…and I'll take this shot at the company: when they get a product right, they tend to abandon it.
Consider the Fiero: a lousy car in its first years, but by the end of the production run a really fine ride. Then Pontiac did away with it…typical General Motors.
If you would please keep me up dated on your progress with dune buggy. I have been very interested in Stan Meyers research & his success for over a year now. A friend of mine has been working on a 6 cylinder engine to burn hydrogen. Hopefully this summer we will have it working.Please send me any info that would be of help to this e-mail address. Thank you, Ed
my school hadn't been off for 17 years, only been in for two hours this week. This snow tanks.
No. A gasoline engine works on the otto engine principle. Its thermodynamic processes are different. Even diesel cant be used for a petrol engine. Fuel cells are actually battery cells and they are green. No pollution