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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - General Motors Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell that it said could hold the answer to burgeoning demand for electricity in homes and businesses worldwide.
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GM, the world's largest automaker, said the cell was a clean, quiet, ultra-efficient power generator that could serve as a reliable backup for housing developments, businesses and hospitals at risk of losing power because of blackouts. Larry Burns, GM's vice president for research and development and planning, said the fuel cell, which runs on natural gas, could also be used to make many U.S. homes or small businesses virtually independent of the electric-power grid. Fuel cells, already seen as the most likely successor to the gas-guzzling internal combustion engine, produce electric power from hydrogen and oxygen without combustion. GM said it had not yet made any business decisions based on the development of its stationary fuel cell. But Burns said it had been approached by several companies offering to cooperate in commercial applications of the technology.
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