GM calls for more hydrogen fuelling stations in California

General Motors¡¯ vice president of R&D and strategic planning has called on the energy industry and governments to build more hydrogen fueling stations to help vehicle manufacturers move to volume production of fuel cell-electric vehicles. Larry Burns gave the message in a keynote address at the National Hydrogen Association¡¯s annual conference in Sacramento, California, which state currently has 25 refuelling stations. GM is lobbying for 40 in the LA area alone.
 
His comments coincided with the release of a new study by GM and Shell Hydrogen, which concludes that the establishment of a hydrogen infrastructure is economically viable and practicable.
 
Burns complimented hydrogen fueling initiatives by FreedomCAR, Shell Hydrogen and Chevron Hydrogen, the California Fuel Cell Partnership, and the California Hydrogen Highway, but called for such efforts to accelerate.
 
He has told the Reuters news agency in an interview that GM plans to have about 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California between 2012 to 2014 to contribute to meeting its share of the state¡¯s recently-revised new zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) regulations. These stipulate that manufacturers marketing cars in the state will make available a total of 7,500 mid-range fuel cell vehicles, 12,500 battery electric vehicles, 5,357 extended range vehicles, or combinations of those and other ZEV platforms.
From: auto industry.uk/news

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