Published on August 18th, 2009 | by Andrew Williams

GM to Sell Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car By 2012

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General Motors has revealed that it is still on-track to bring a hydrogen fuel-cell car to market, within the next three years.

Industry insiders had speculated that the imminent retirement of existing boss Larry Burns would lead to the fuel-cell program being mothballed, but according to new R&D chief Alan Taub, GM will continue with its development of the technology.

“Technology leadership is one of the pillars of the company,” said Taub. “That is going to remain, and it will probably be emphasised as part of the brand of GM.”

The decision to forge ahead will come as a surprise to many who predicted that the troubled car-giant would ditch its fuel-cell plans in the face of continued indifference from the Obama administration, which is not believed to be a supporter of the technology due to the massive costs of establishing a refuelling infrastructure.

According to Taub, GM still needs to reduce the cost of fuel-cells by almost a third to make them competitive with the firm’s forthcoming Chevrolet Volt’s gasoline-electric powertrain.

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Andrew Williams is a writer and freelance journalist specialising in sustainability and green issues. He lives in Cardiff, Wales.

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I don’t think GM has the luxury of passing up any opportunities at the moment.
http://www.technologyslice.com.au Technology Slice

I don’t think GM has the luxury of passing up any opportunities at the moment.
http://www.technologyslice.com.au Technology Slice

I don’t think GM has the luxury of passing up any opportunities at the moment.
http://twitter.com/philcolley Phil Colley with GM

Quick clarification – We’re making excellent progress in fuel cell stack design and performance and could have a propulsion system for commercialization around 2012, but Alan Taub did not say we’d have a vehicle to market by 2012.
http://twitter.com/philcolley Phil Colley with GM

Quick clarification – We’re making excellent progress in fuel cell stack design and performance and could have a propulsion system for commercialization around 2012, but Alan Taub did not say we’d have a vehicle to market by 2012.
Uncle B

Funny thing? the rest of the world has already gone Battery Electric! Urgent and rapid Solar and Wind power development are in progress, and soon, the South Western U.S.A. will be the new “Saudi Arabia” of Solar energy – and Solar sources never go dry! Goddammit! “Perpetual” I say! “Perpetual” a new concept even for the capitalists! They invest and the returns just keep coming! As long as the sun shines they make the “Big Bucks” – Same with Wind Turbines – keep the blades in the air and the wind will blow! no charge! AND: as soon as the Navy incompetents give up exclusive rights on Depleted Uranium, Super Batteries are in the offing! (Likely to come from China first, they are unrestricted by the American military/industrial complex and U.S. patent offices). GM(America) lost the game when it took Federal money! They no longer play by the rules even GM(China) play by! The have a “Money Tree” (us) in their bank-account and no longer have to compete to make it, and when you don’t have to struggle to eat, you get fat and lazy and can’t compete! Detroit is on “Welfare” and will stay that way forever, begging for “survival money” till their next “Magic Ship” (Fuel cell cars, Volt etc.,) comes in, until somebody in government, wisely, cuts them off, killing them forever! Meanwhile, for the major American capital shift, invested through the Shanghai, Beijing, and Hang-Seng stock markets in them, GM(China) turned a 30 % profit this year! – sure beats the Shiite out of fighting American unions, environmental laws, Shyster lawyers, and a legal system born in England in the 16th Century! Big changes were predicted to come to America by U.S.S.R.’s finest social, economics, profs – they even predicted their own demise, they were right, both counts, and part of the paradigm shift occurring in the U.S. today is the death of GM(American) and their foolhardy pipe-dreams!
Uncle B

Funny thing? the rest of the world has already gone Battery Electric! Urgent and rapid Solar and Wind power development are in progress, and soon, the South Western U.S.A. will be the new “Saudi Arabia” of Solar energy – and Solar sources never go dry! Goddammit! “Perpetual” I say! “Perpetual” a new concept even for the capitalists! They invest and the returns just keep coming! As long as the sun shines they make the “Big Bucks” – Same with Wind Turbines – keep the blades in the air and the wind will blow! no charge! AND: as soon as the Navy incompetents give up exclusive rights on Depleted Uranium, Super Batteries are in the offing! (Likely to come from China first, they are unrestricted by the American military/industrial complex and U.S. patent offices). GM(America) lost the game when it took Federal money! They no longer play by the rules even GM(China) play by! The have a “Money Tree” (us) in their bank-account and no longer have to compete to make it, and when you don’t have to struggle to eat, you get fat and lazy and can’t compete! Detroit is on “Welfare” and will stay that way forever, begging for “survival money” till their next “Magic Ship” (Fuel cell cars, Volt etc.,) comes in, until somebody in government, wisely, cuts them off, killing them forever! Meanwhile, for the major American capital shift, invested through the Shanghai, Beijing, and Hang-Seng stock markets in them, GM(China) turned a 30 % profit this year! – sure beats the Shiite out of fighting American unions, environmental laws, Shyster lawyers, and a legal system born in England in the 16th Century! Big changes were predicted to come to America by U.S.S.R.’s finest social, economics, profs – they even predicted their own demise, they were right, both counts, and part of the paradigm shift occurring in the U.S. today is the death of GM(American) and their foolhardy pipe-dreams!
Uncle B

Funny thing? the rest of the world has already gone Battery Electric! Urgent and rapid Solar and Wind power development are in progress, and soon, the South Western U.S.A. will be the new “Saudi Arabia” of Solar energy – and Solar sources never go dry! Goddammit! “Perpetual” I say! “Perpetual” a new concept even for the capitalists! They invest and the returns just keep coming! As long as the sun shines they make the “Big Bucks” – Same with Wind Turbines – keep the blades in the air and the wind will blow! no charge! AND: as soon as the Navy incompetents give up exclusive rights on Depleted Uranium, Super Batteries are in the offing! (Likely to come from China first, they are unrestricted by the American military/industrial complex and U.S. patent offices). GM(America) lost the game when it took Federal money! They no longer play by the rules even GM(China) play by! The have a “Money Tree” (us) in their bank-account and no longer have to compete to make it, and when you don’t have to struggle to eat, you get fat and lazy and can’t compete! Detroit is on “Welfare” and will stay that way forever, begging for “survival money” till their next “Magic Ship” (Fuel cell cars, Volt etc.,) comes in, until somebody in government, wisely, cuts them off, killing them forever! Meanwhile, for the major American capital shift, invested through the Shanghai, Beijing, and Hang-Seng stock markets in them, GM(China) turned a 30 % profit this year! – sure beats the Shiite out of fighting American unions, environmental laws, Shyster lawyers, and a legal system born in England in the 16th Century! Big changes were predicted to come to America by U.S.S.R.’s finest social, economics, profs – they even predicted their own demise, they were right, both counts, and part of the paradigm shift occurring in the U.S. today is the death of GM(American) and their foolhardy pipe-dreams!