from The Car Connection
GM, BMW LINK ON HYDROGEN
General Motors Corp. and the BMW Group said Tuesday the two companies will jointly develop refueling devices for liquid hydrogen, and are looking for other automakers to join the effort to establish worldwide standards. GM is pursuing a hydrogen fuel cell strategy, while the German automaker has been pursuing a liquid hydrogen internal-combustion engine strategy for future vehicles. ?We want to accelerate the progress being made on the distribution and on-board storage of liquid hydrogen as the future fuel,? said Dr. Lawrence Burns, GM?s vice president of Research and Development and Planning. ?Both compressed and liquid hydrogen hold promise to be used in hydrogen vehicles. The density of hydrogen in a liquid state is especially attractive with respect to fuel distribution and vehicle range.? BMW is trying to spur development of a network of 10,000 hydrogen filling stations in Germany. The aim of the new effort is to make sure automakers and fuel providers use one system, including standardizing the refueling coupler. GM and BMW?s goal is to have affordable and compelling hydrogen vehicles for sale by 2010 and the companies need to concentrate on the storage and handling technology to achieve this goal. ?Jim Burt
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