GM to work with ChevronTexaco on gasoline fuel cells
Date: 26-Oct-01
Country: USA
Fuel cells are seen as a likely successor to gas-guzzling internal combustion engines. They produce electrical power from hydrogen and oxygen without combustion.
The technology can be fueled by hydrogen, or by fossil fuels such as gasoline, which can then be converted into hydrogen. Pure hydrogen fuel cells emit only water vapor and no carbon dioxide.
"Car technology is changing, and we need to work to modify our fuels for use in fuel cell vehicles," said Gary Masada, president of ChevronTexaco's Energy Research and Technology Center in a statement.
Neither ChevronTexaco, the No. 2 U.S. energy company, nor GM would reveal the amount of money being spent on the "multi-year" project, or how many gasoline fuel cell cars they expect to make.
GM has said it expects to be the first automaker to sell over a million cars and trucks run on fuel cells, but the technology will not be available for the masses until the end of the decade.