Organisation - General Motors (GM)
- Organisation type
- Commercial
- Website
- http://www.gm.com
- Country
- UNITED STATES
- Business Interest
- Automotive
- Primary Technology
- PEM
- Secondary Technology
- Other
- Geographical Region of interest
- Global
- Organisation Description
General Motors (GM) involvement in fuel cell development started already in 1964 and in 1968 a first minibus prototype was presented. In 1998, GMs European subsidiary OPEL presented a fuel cell powered Zafira minivan, one year later, a five-year technical agreement with Toyota was signed to jointly develop vehicle technologies, including fuel cells.
2000 saw the presentation of the Precept FCEV, a fuel cell electric vehicle and the liquid hydrogen fuel cell powered HydroGen1, an improvement on the fuel cell minivan Opel Zafira presented in 1999. In 2001, GM unveiled a Chevrolet S-10 pickup demonstrator featuring GM's fuel cell stack 2000. In 2002, GM unveiled the AUTOnomy concept which is the first vehicle designed from the ground up around a fuel cell propulsion system; and the Hy-wire concept, the worlds first drivable vehicle that combines a hydrogen fuel cell with by-wire technology.
In April 2003, the company announced the signing of an agreement with Dow Chemicals to jointly work on a fuel cell project, including all aspects of hydrogen production, storage and distribution; the first stationary fuel cell unit was deployed in February 2004. In June 2003, GM put a fleet of hydrogen-powered vehicles (HydroGen3) in regular service for FedEx delivery service in Tokyo. January 2005 saw the launch of the latest fuel cell prototype, the Sequel.
- Partners
- Toyota (Advanced vehicle technologies), Suzuki Motor (Small fuel-celled vehicle development), BMW (Hydrogen refuelling), Shell and TOTAL (Hydrogen infrastructure/refuelling), ExxonMobil (Fuels research, gasoline processing), BP Amoco (Fuels research), ChevronTexaco (Fuels research, gasoline processing), QUANTUM Fuel System (On-board hydrogen storage), General Hydrogen (Hydrogen infrastructure technologies), Hydrogenics: (Fuel cell product development), Giner Electrochemical Systems (Electrolysers, refuelling systems) California Fuel Cell Partnership.
- Fuel Cell Staff
- 0
Contact Information
- Address
- 300 Renaissance Center U
Detroit, MI 48265 - Country
- UNITED STATES
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