DETROIT – In chapter three of General Motor’s Exhibit Zero series, Margarita Mann, engineering manager of fuel design integration, speaks about the importance of Hydrotec fuel cell systems and how they work.
Mann explained that a hydrogen fuel cell is an electro-chemical device that takes hydrogen fuel and oxygen from the air, and combines those two elements to create electricity and water.
“GM Hydrotec has a land air sea strategy in implementing its Hydrotec fuel cells technologies in these heavier duty applications,” she said. “Hydrotec fuel cells have several competitive advantages. Fuel cells can refuel really quickly, which is an advantage for trucks that require a lot of high uptime. The hydrogen infrastructure supporting fuel cells can be shared and centralized in hubs.”
Finding like-minded partners is critical, Mann said. Partners include…