Automakers have been pursuing the dream of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for decades — who wouldn’t want a car that runs on renewable hydrogen and only emits water vapor? But many challenges, from designing cars that can easily hold the fuel, to setting up reliable hydrogen distribution, have made it difficult to turn that dream into a reality. But what if you used those fuel cells to set up a remote EV charging station, or to replace a traditional gas or diesel generator for a large camp? That’s what GM is planning to do with its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology, the company announced today.
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GM’s Mobile Power Generators, or MPGs, are pretty self descriptive: they’d basically let you bring large amounts of electricity anywhere without burning fossil fuels, or expanding a local power grid. It could be useful for concerts, movie sets, or neighborhoods that frequently lose power. (In my…
GM aims to use hydrogen fuel cells for mobile power generators
