Who will need oil after 2010 is the question; why is it being asked? Well it’s thanks to the giant US car manufacturer General Motors (G.M), who yesterday unveiled the platform for their prototype hydrogen fuel cell powered cars, at the 2005 Detroit Auto Show.
Fossil fuels to power our favourite form of transport, the automobile will soon be a thing of the past according to Vice President of research and development at G.M, Larry Burns, who claims that although currently prohibitively expensive, by 2010, hydrogen powered cars could be in mass production.
G.M. is hoping to have a driveable version of their prototype hydrogen vehicle, the Sequel, which will be a sports utility vehicle, ready by late 2005. ‘Our most significant step yet in the reinvention of the automobile, the ultimate answer to eliminating the automobile from the environmental equation.’ Was the view of General Motors Chief Executive, Rick Wagoner and it does seem that he has a point.
Many of the major car manufacturers are pushing research funds and resources toward the development of the hydrogen powered option as a means of transport.
Reducing our reliance on petrol and in turn oil to run our cars and autos would be a great achievement, in fact possibly one of the greatest in recent decades as it will be a huge step forward on the road to reducing green house gasses and emissions caused by the hundreds of millions of cars, which currently kick out pollution in almost every city across the world today. The only discharge caused by green and environmentally friendly hydrogen powered cars is, water.
Since initial publishing General Motors (GM) have tempered down the claims of mass produced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles. General Motors now just aims to have a validated hydrogen fuel cell powertrain designed by 2010.
