At a presentation in >Paul Springs , California , GM’s chief engineer on the fuel cell project, Mohsen Shabana, said hydrogen infra- structure would not be in place by then, but technicians were working to have car production ready by 2010.

GM’s fuel cell concept vehicle, the Sequel, was meanwhile using the third fuel cell generation by storing braking energy in a lithium-ion battery. It is driven by an electric motor on the front axle and two wheel-hub engines in the rear.

The Sequel now has a range of 480 kilometres compared to 100 kilometres of an earlier model, Shabana said. Acceleration from zero to 100 km/h has been speeded up from 20 to 10 seconds and the top speed now stands at 145 km/h compared to 100 km/h.

The Sequel is a pure research vehicle of which GM has only built two units, according to the car maker. But in the bid to speed-up the transition towards a hydrogen age, the company is planning to increase the test fleet to 100 vehicles based on the Chevrolet Equinox.

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