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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, GM’s 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 world’s 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.
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Contact Information

Address
300 Renaissance Center U
Detroit, MI 48265
Country
UNITED STATES
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