The new fuel thing

[6 Shooter]

Chevrolet Sequel Concept (http://gm.wieck.com/forms/gm/*query?ws4d_nav=true&search_criteria=Sequel&Source=@&sort=importdate&Page=1&page=1)
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Is the future now for the 'car of the future'? Not quite, but it may come sooner than you think - and from GM, says Fortune's Alex Taylor.

By Alex Taylor III, Fortune senior editor
September 20 2006: 5:49 AM EDT

(Fortune Magazine) -- Stop. Reboot. Roll! In the future, that might be the most common advice from your friendly neighborhood gas jockey. Except he would be pumping hydrogen, not gas. And while your future car would look much the same as what's parked in your driveway right now, it will drive without disgorging many of today's problems--smog, pollution, dependence on nasty foreigners.

The secret is under the hood, where there is no engine in sight, no carburetor, no cylinder block, no oil pump--just a black box housing thin membranes and an electric motor. And guess what? The future is almost ready to hit the road.

That, at least, is the pitch from GM, one the company backed up by inviting a group of journalists to Southern California to drive the Chevy Sequel, GM's test version of a fuel-cell-powered vehicle. The Sequel, GM (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=GM) (Charts (http://money.cnn.com/quote/chart/chart.html?symb=GM)) immodestly proposes, is the greatest leap forward since Karl Benz rolled out his gasoline-powered three-wheel bicycle in 1886. "GM has reinvented the automobile," brags Larry Burns, vice president of R&D.

More... (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387510/index.htm?postversion=2006092005)

[Mac]

Now we just need Tim Allen to "re-wire it" for more power and... :lou

-Mac

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Yep...

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We are scheduled to build the first hydrogen facility for cars in Maine this year.2007 we do one in New Hampshire.It's coming your way sooner than you think. Steve

[Mac]

National Research Council opens new Fuel Cell Research Facility (http://www.news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=238709&)

(September 12, 2006, Vancouver, BC) — Today, industry leaders and Provincial Ministers Hon. Richard Neufeld, (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) and Hon. Kevin Falcon, (Minister of Transportation) were on hand as the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) opened the doors of the NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI), – Canada's premier applied research organization in support of the nation's hydrogen and fuel cell industry.

-Mac

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Army Maj. Gen. Roger A. Nadeau, commander of the US Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command, takes delivery of the first of a fleet of Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles Thursday, September 21, 2006 in Washington, DC. General Motors will place 100 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles with consumers in California, Washington, D.C. and the New York City metropolitan area as part of its market test "Project Driveway." The Army's fuel cell vehicle will be used for non-tactical transportation purposes, primarily on military bases in Virginia and California. The Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle uses hydrogen for fuel and its only emission is water.
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2006-09-21 U.S. Army Takes Delivery of GM's Latest Fuel Cell Vehicle Army First Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Vehicle Customer

Washington, D. C. - The U.S. Army became the first customer of General Motors Corp.'s latest fuel cell technology today as the automaker deployed the first vehicle of its next generation Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle fleet. More... (http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=3&docid=28809)