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GM Unveils Second Generation Hydrogen Fuel Cell System

September 24th, 2009 | Posted in: Hydrogen with 130 Comments

General Motors has been working on hydrogen fuel cell technology for a long time, and over a billion in research dollars have been spent on it.
Presently they have a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell Chevy Equinoxes in public hands. These vehicles have been on the roads over a year and have collectively logged over [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 130 Comments

Vice Chairman Tom Stephens on the Current State of GM’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Program

September 21st, 2009 | Posted in: GM Q and A, Hydrogen, Project Driveway with 219 Comments

Hydrogen powered vehicles is a topic that tends to bring out debate. Before the recent explosion of interest in battery electric cars, talk of a hydrogen superhighway and fuel cells cars being the next big step were all the rage.
Interest appears to be waning.
Tom Stephens is vice-chairman of GM and is responsible for product [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 219 Comments

Department of Energy Proposes Slashing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Budget

May 10th, 2009 | Posted in: Hydrogen with 136 Comments

A few years ago hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were considered to be the next phase of automotive propulsion, to replace petroleum. In 2003 then President Bush even said “the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen, and pollution-free.”
A lot has changed since then.  The Volt concept and countless [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 136 Comments

Has Hydrogen Run Out of Gas?

February 16th, 2009 | Posted in: Hydrogen with 192 Comments

In the period leading up to the electric car revolution in which we are just in the foothills of, a future of hydrogen-powered vehicles was all the rage.
Some automakers like Honda and GM have put a lot of resources into developing hydrogen vehicles. At the Detroit Auto Show in 2008, Honda unveiled its Clarity [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 192 Comments

Mass Fuel Cell Adoption Would Cost $200 Billion and Al Gore Challenges US to Go 100% Fossil Fuel Free in 10 Years

July 17th, 2008 | Posted in: Environment, Grid, Hydrogen with 136 Comments

A new study was just published in which researchers estimated it would cost $200 Billion in research and infrastructure to bring fuel cell vehicles to mass market levels.
The study analyzed the cost of bringing 2 million fuel cell cars to the roads by 2020 and 25 million by 2030. It was determined that to achieve [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 136 Comments

GM Says Goodbye to Oil and Hello to Hydrogen

June 11th, 2008 | Posted in: Advertising, Fuel, Hydrogen with 260 Comments

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 [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 260 Comments

Lutz: Why Do You Need Fuel Cells?

March 8th, 2008 | Posted in: Hydrogen with 76 Comments

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 [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 76 Comments

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

February 6th, 2008 | Posted in: Cadillac, E-Flex, Hydrogen, Original GM-Volt Interviews with 44 Comments

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 [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 44 Comments

Fuel Cell Chevy Volt for Production in 2011

November 7th, 2007 | Posted in: Fuel, Hydrogen, Release Date with 50 Comments

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 [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 50 Comments

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

October 31st, 2007 | Posted in: Design, Efficiency, Engineering, Hydrogen, Original GM-Volt Interviews, Video with 17 Comments

This is the second part of my recent interview with Chevy Volt Chief Engineer Nick Zielinksi.
[flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUK2FBu5Tds]
Topics on the video:
-Charging issues
-Hydrogen
-Mules
-Efficiency
-Future product plans
-Certainty of production

Posted by: Lyle with 17 Comments

Project Driveway Begins: GM-Volt.com Test Drive of the Chevy Equinox Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Car

October 25th, 2007 | Posted in: Fuel, Hydrogen, Project Driveway, Test drive, Video with 32 Comments

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 [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 32 Comments

The Garage Doors Have Opened on Project Driveway

October 17th, 2007 | Posted in: Fuel, Hydrogen, Project Driveway, Research with 13 Comments

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 [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 13 Comments

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