General Motors changes approach to hydrogen cars: The long term validity of hydrogen cars has been in question f...

General Motors changes approach to hydrogen cars

thegreencarwebsite.co.uk 09 Oct '12, 6am

General Motors changes approach to hydrogen cars: The long term validity of hydrogen cars has been in question f...

The long term validity of hydrogen cars has been in question for years, particularly with electric cars seemingly stealing a march on their green rival: and now General Motors has placed more doubt on their future. Just two weeks ago at an event in Dearborn, General Motors’ Bob Lutz commented that “not many people in this room will be alive” when hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are affordable for the public at large – despite the fact that many other automakers have announced plans to release fuel cell vehicles within the next few years. Now, General Motors is changing its research approach to the vehicles too. The American automaker has decided to close its hydrogen fuel cell research centre, which is based in Rochester, New York, and switch operations to its engineering centre in Pontiac, Michigan. According to reports, the majority of the research centre’s 220 employees wil...

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