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25 Sep 2009

General Motors Announces New Fuel Cell System

 

 

 

General Motors has announced the development of its latest fuel cell system. The system is said to be half the size and 220 pounds lighter than the current generation in the Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell electric vehicle. The system is also said to occupy around the same space as a  four-cylinder engine. It contains GM's fifth-generation fuel cell stack, which could be commercialized in the 2015 time frame.

"The improvements the team has been able to achieve are remarkable," said Charles Freese, executive director of GM Fuel Cell Activities. "Hardware mechanization has been dramatically simplified, which will help reduce cost, simplify manufacturing and improve durability."

In recent weeks, a consortium of the German government and leading industrial companies has announced plans to build up to 1,000 hydrogen fueling stations by 2015, about the time several automakers expect to have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for sale. Earlier, a group of 13 oil and gas companies in Japan announced similar plans.

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