{"id":443653,"date":"2010-03-18T15:08:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=53269"},"modified":"2010-03-18T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T19:08:34","slug":"gm%e2%80%99s-hydrogen-fuel-cell-equinox-doesn%e2%80%99t-blow-up-when-involved-in-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/443653","title":{"rendered":"GM\u2019s hydrogen fuel-cell Equinox doesn\u2019t blow up when involved in accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53270 aligncenter\" title=\"Chevrolet Equinox Hydrogen Fuel-Cell accident\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/chevrolet_equinox_fuel_cell_accident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p>General Motors Project Driveway, which involves 120 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell electric vehicles, was setup to see how hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles adapt to the real world and if customers will be able to use them as a daily driver.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more impressive aspects of the Project Driveway project was to see if these fuel-cell electric vehicles hold up to accidents. According to Charlie Freese, who is in charge of GM&#8217;s fuel-cell program, five of GM&#8217;s hydrogen fuel-cell powered Equinox units have been involved in accidents and none have resulted in a catastrophic hydrogen explosion.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobytel.com\/content\/research\/chooser\/index.cfm\/action\/SelectTrim\/make_vch\/Chevrolet\/model_vch\/Equinox\/cat\/Any\/year_si\/0\/minprice\/0\/maxprice\/999999\/mpg\/any\/id\/31622\"><strong>Click  here to get prices on the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-53269\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Freese says that all models are designed to withhold accidents so the tanks will leak in a jet of flame if ruptured and ignited &#8211; meaning the vehicle won&#8217;t explode.<\/p>\n<p>GM announced yesterday that it is testing<a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/03\/17\/gm-targets-smaller-hydrogen-fuel-cell-system-for-2015\/\"> a \u201cproduction-intent\u201d hydrogen fuel-cell system that can fit in the space of a 4-cylinder engine<\/a> and be ready for commercial production by 2015.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/driveon\/post\/2010\/03\/gms-hydrogen-fuel-cell-fleet-getting-real-crash-experience\/1?csp=34\">DriveOn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3QgFjAN8Vw30fBXCryyA-2LleOc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3QgFjAN8Vw30fBXCryyA-2LleOc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3QgFjAN8Vw30fBXCryyA-2LleOc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3QgFjAN8Vw30fBXCryyA-2LleOc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=1iCajzLgATo:xfGwVroRcOM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=1iCajzLgATo:xfGwVroRcOM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=1iCajzLgATo:xfGwVroRcOM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=1iCajzLgATo:xfGwVroRcOM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=1iCajzLgATo:xfGwVroRcOM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=1iCajzLgATo:xfGwVroRcOM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=1iCajzLgATo:xfGwVroRcOM:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Motors Project Driveway, which involves 120 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell electric vehicles, was setup to see how hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles adapt to the real world and if customers will be able to use them as a daily driver. 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