GM: Fuel-cells by 2015

Fuel-cell technology gets booming. So also GM plans to bring them to market - by 2015.

Ailing car giant GM - owners of Saab, Vauxhall, Chevrolet and more - will use some of the $9 billion it is saving from various cost-cutting measures such as plant closures and redundancies to fund production versions of its fuel-cell vehicles. The next-generation of fuel-cell vehicles would use a chemical reaction between hydrogen stored in a fuel tank and oxygen to produce an electric current that powers the car.

Development of a fuel-cell version of its prototype Sequel SUV is fairly advanced, according to senior GM officials, who have made advancing technology, fuel economy and design at the centre of their future plans.

GM, like other major automakers, has been readying new vehicles that will reduce reliance on petrol and offered improved efficiency, including petrol-electric hybrids and diesel engines. The Sequel is said to have an unprecedented range of around 300 miles between hydrogen fill-ups and is able hit 60mph in 10 seconds.

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Source: Pocket-Lint

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