GM Plans to Sell Fuel-Cell Vehicles by 2010

The Daily Auto Insider Monday, September 18, 2006
General Motors intends to spend heavily over the next few years to develop hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles for sale by 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing GM executives.

GM plans to begin selling a thousand or more fuel-cell vehicles by 2010 and perhaps hundreds of thousands a year by 2015, the story said. Fuel-cell vehicles use a chemical reaction to convert hydrogen gas into electricity that powers an electric motor.

GM Vice Chairman Robert Lutz told the WSJ that GM almost certainly won't make money on its early fuel-cell vehicles but he said being in front on the new technology would help turn around consumers' view of the company.
Leading on fuel cells “can be a game-changer for GM," Lutz said.

Crop Rotation

Fiona Leggate is the highest placed female in British Touring Car Championship history. In 2005 she was voted by BTCC Fan's as their Rookie of the Year. Women are no longer seen as a novelty in motor-racing. What is more novel is Fiona's choice of fuel; her Vauxhall Astra Coupe has been converted to run on bio-ethanol. No offence to the other bio-ethanol teams (both racing MGs) but I'd rather see Fiona and her mean-green machine at revolve 2007!

Read more about mean, green racing machines.
Read more about Fiona's support for British farming.
Should America be fuelling its vehicles with corn-based E85?