GM'S HYDROGEN PROJECTS - 'THE FUTURE IS SO PROMISING'

General Motors engineers in Germany are working on the commercial introduction of fuel cell vehicles. The engineers aim to make fuel cell cars profitable by 2010. They have introduced the Hydrogen3 and Hy-Wire concept cars. Challenges have been the design of tanks for compressed hydrogen gas and fuel cell stacks and heat control. Each cell is a sheet of metal forming an anode covered with catalytic platinum, a permeable membrane and a metal cathode. The key to reducing costs is eliminating parts and making the external process more robust. Extensive computer modelling is used. The Hydrogen3 Zafira produces enough power without a traction battery.

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  VIEWEG & SOHN VERLAGSGELLSCHAFT MBH

  ABRAHAM-LINCOLN STRASSE 46
  WIESBADEN,   Germany  65189
• Authors:
  • DIEM, W
• Publication Date: 2003-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 38-9
• Serial:
  • AUTOTECHNOLOGY
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: VIEWEG & SOHN VERLAGSGELLSCHAFT MBH
  • ISSN: 1616-8216

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Costs; Design; Development; Electric batteries; Environmental protection; Fuel tanks; Hydrogen; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• ITRD Terms: 1315: Battery; 224: Cost; 9011: Design (overall design); 9013: Development; 2444: Environment protection; 1325: Fuel tank; 8125: Germany; 7187: Hydrogen; 2417: Renewable energy; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Finance; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00944689
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 7 2003 12:00AM