GM Says Goodbye to Oil and Hello to Hydrogen

GM is about to launch a new corporate advertising campaign, beginning with a commercial to be aired on June 22 during NBCs Meet the Press.
The TV commercial will apparently begin with the following Dear John letter from GM:
“Dear Oil,
We’ve had this great relationship for many years. We think we will both be a lot happier [...]

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Lutz: Why Do You Need Fuel Cells?

GMs vice-chairman is Bob Lutz, he is the father of the Chevy Volt and shepherding its development along personally. When he says something about the car, it has validity, and often he will be the first to leak out news, sometimes I suspect, against the wishes of GMs PR people. One thing is certain [...]

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The E-Flex Cadillac Provoq and the GM Fifth Generation Fuel Cell

The Cadillac Provoq is GM’s latest E-Flex concept car, a luxury crossover with all wheel drive and fuel cell range-extender. Nick Zielinski who used to be the ICE Volt’s chief engineer is now the chief engineer of the hydrogen Volt and Provoq, as well as the fuel cell Equinox. I had a few [...]

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Fuel Cell Chevy Volt for Production in 2011

USA today recently published a piece including an interview with Larry Burns, GM’s VP of R&D.  Burns described GM’s push to develop fuel cell cars as a competitive race with other auto manufacturers, who he’s paranoid are up to the same thing.
He is further quoted as saying that GM could deliver production fuel cell cars [...]

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New Interview with Chevy Volt Chief Engineer Nick Zielinksi: Part II

This is the second part of my recent interview with Chevy Volt Chief Engineer Nick Zielinksi.
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Topics on the video:
-Charging issues
-Hydrogen
-Mules
-Efficiency
-Future product plans
-Certainty of production
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Project Driveway Begins: GM-Volt.com Test Drive of the Chevy Equinox Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Car

As we have reported, GM has started it’s Project Driveway program in which 100 hydrogen fuel cell cars will be loaned to 100 U.S. drivers in NY, LA, and DC. Here in NY, I had the chance to drive off in one of these Equinoxes and recorded the experience in the video below the post.
In [...]

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The Garage Doors Have Opened on Project Driveway

We have been hearing for a while about GM’s project driveway (see post). This refers to their large-scale experiment in which 100 people will get to use Fuel Cell Equinoxes for several months of real world driving.
Originally slated to begin in the fall, the official word is that it has begun.
The first individuals and [...]

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New Semiconductor Splits Hydrogen From Water Using Solar Energy

from Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) [1433-7851] Ritterskamp yr:2007 vol:46 iss:41 pg:7770 -7774

This isn’t exactly brand new, but I think very important.
A researcher at the Max Planck institute named Martin Demuth an colleagues have developed a semiconducting material called titanium disilicide (TiSi2). When this material is suspended in water and exposed to sunlight, it splits water [...]

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Project Driveway Update

For those of you who might not know, Project Driveway is the name GM is giving to a modestly-large scale hydrogen fuel cell vehicle test it is planning.
For the event, GM will be giving out 100 hydrogen-powered Chevy Equinoxes to selected and fortunate parties in the U.S. located in L.A., N.Y.C., and Wash D.C. [...]

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Smashes Land Speed Record

The second variant of the Chevy Volt is designed to use a hydrogen fuel cell to keep the battery charged.  This means no gas is needed at all.  Of course, a hydrogen infrastructure to deliver the hydrogen is required (no small task).  Furthermore, issues of energy expenditure both to create the hydrogen and to compress [...]

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GM to Begin Production of Sequel in 2010

General Motors is also simultaneously working on a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle called the Equinox, and its slated for production in 2010. Two working prototypes are alread in existence.
This vehicle will also have and E-drive (ie electric engine), but will be powered by hydrogen, not hydrocarbon as in the volt. Power will also [...]

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