May 7th, 2008 by RJ Menezes
This recent article appeared in Autonews24h.com. It talks about how Washington D.C. area drivers are pushing for electric vehicles. Well actually they are fuel-cell vehicles, but you will understand once you read on. The project will be aptly named Project Driveway. It is proof that consumers really want this technology, and they want it now!
Here is an excerpt from the article:
At the Shell station on Benning Road Northeast, General Motors President and Chief Operating Officer, Fritz Henderson, today presented the keys to the area’s first motorists to be selected to test drive away in advanced technology hydrogen fuel cell powered Chevrolet Equinox electric vehicles. Identified at the 2008 Washington Auto Show, Tom Albert of Alexandria, Va., and Nick Williams of Washington D.C., will join drivers from Southern California and the New York metropolitan area in GM’s “Project Driveway” — the world’s largest fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and first comprehensive market test of this innovative technology.
The Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell is an important facet of GM’s overall strategy to remove the automobile from the environmental and energy equation. It uses no petroleum and zero greenhouse gases are released. The only emission is clean water vapor.
Over the next two months, Albert and Williams will be putting their test vehicles through the paces of everyday commutes and the wear and tear of real world use. Their candid feedback on their experiences, provided in exchange for use of the test vehicles, will help GM’s Chevrolet division refine the technology and marketing plans – speeding the availability of electric vehicles and other advanced technologies to the public.
“GM’s advanced propulsion strategy is to offer a broad range of clean and efficient vehicles, powered by various energy sources to address societal needs to reduce our reliance on oil…..
You can read the whole article by going to the website. I’ve attached a link at the bottom of the page.
Link:
http://www.autonews24h.com/Future-Cars/2732.html
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