The Chevrolet Sequel managed to make travel about 300 miles from Rodchester to Tarrytown, the longest trip ever by a hybrid on one tank of hydrogen (which just seems so strange to write).
GM also announced it hopes to have its hydrogen fuel cell system into mass production by 2012. Larry Burns, GM’s vice president of research and development told Reuters the holdups include a lack of hydrogen infrastructure and further development of lithium battery packs.
Last year GM announced it would build and make available 100 hydrogen powered Equinox crossovers in consumer hands by 2008 for testing. It’s the largest hydrogen roll out yet at automakers battle to bring the new technology to the market first. General Motors and Honda are generally seen as having the upper hand in this race between the automakers.
Earlier this year GM sources told the Automotive News, LLN and other news organizations the Volt could be in production as early as 2009 for MY2010. The Volt would be amongst the first of the next generation of hybrids using a plug in serial hybrid system.
