GM, ExxonMobil Develop Fuel Cell Processor.(Brief Article)

Electric Vehicle Online Today, August, 2000

General Motors (GM) Corporation and ExxonMobil Corporation recently announced the joint development of a new gasoline fuel processor for fuel cell-powered vehicles. The new processor uses gasoline to create a "high-quality stream of hydrogen" that can be used to power a fuel cell. GM plans to demonstrate the technology on a test vehicle within the next 18 months.

"The gasoline processor could be the bridge between today's conventional vehicles and tomorrow's hydrogen fuel cell vehicles," said GM vice chairman Harry Pearce. "While we view hydrogen as the future fuel for automotive applications, we have significant commercial challenges, such as designing and building a large number of hydrogen refueling stations, developing feasible on-board fuel tanks and...

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