Trends in Transportation - Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Advances in Transportation and Power - page 163

model for the Army's new fleet of 30,000 light tactical vehicles by the end
of the decade. GM has its Fuel Cell Development Center in Honeoye Falls,
N.Y. to develop fuel cell technology for commercial use.
In 2005 GM delivered the first GM fuel cell powered pickup truck
built for the U.S. military. Partnerships with customers like the U.S. military
help to advance a hydrogen economy and gain real-world experience with
hydrogen and fuel cells.
GM's AUTOnomy was awarded the Engine of the Year Award in
Best Concept category by Engine Technology International. The Chevrolet
S-10 Gasoline-Fed Fuel Cell Vehicle was the world's first drivable fuel cell
vehicle that extracts hydrogen from gasoline to produce electricity. GM's
Phoenix is a fuel cell wagon developed jointly by the Pan Asia Automotive
Technology Center (PATAC), a joint venture of GM and the Shanghai
Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC).
GM and Hydrogenics have developed a fuel cell unit that provides
back-up power to cell phone towers during power outages. Hydrogenics
will market the fuel cell unit with Nextel.
GM has a multi-year collaborative research agreement with
ChevronTexaco to advance fuel cell technology and gasoline processing
for fuel cell vehicles. This will accelerate GM's gasoline-fed fuel cell
vehicle to retail customers. GM also has an agreement with Suzuki Motor
Corporation to collaborate on fuel cell vehicle development, focusing on
small cars.
GM also announced the expansion of fuel cell development activity
with Giner, Inc., to include applications beyond the transportation field,
including hydrogen generation for refueling systems and regenerative fuel
cells for stationary power. GM's fuel cell stack set a new world standard
for power density that packed 60% more power. The new stack generated
1.75 kilowatts (kW) per liter.
GM's Gen III was the world's first gasoline fuel processor for fuel cell
propulsion. Gen III had the capacity to start in less than three minutes.
GM has a 25-year collaboration with General Hydrogen to accelerate
the spread of a hydrogen infrastructure and to speed the introduction of
fuel cell vehicles into North America, Europe, Asia and emerging markets.
The European Well-to-Wheel study shows that fuel cell cars offer solutions
to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. The Well-to-Wheel study by GM,
Argonne National Laboratory, BP, ExxonMobil, and Shell indicated that
hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles offer the cleanest and most efficient
combination of fuel and propulsion system in the long-term.