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Equinox fuel cell vehicles ready for Vancouver Olympics; Volts due in February

Vancouver continues its two-fold path towards reducing gasoline usage (H2 and plug-ins) with a new fleet of eight Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell vehicles that will used during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Games start February 12. The fuel cell vehicles are being used for test drives now and will shuttle athletes, journalists, organizers and more around town during the Olympics, part of a GM fleet that is made up of over 4,600 vehicles. The hydrogen-powered Equinoxes were engineered and made in Canada. Come February, GM ... Read more →

GM to suppliers: Keep working on Two-Mode Hybrid PHEV Jeremy Korzeniewski

Now that General Motors has offloaded its Saturn brand and the once-planned Buick plug-in hybrid SUV failed to get off the ground after being roundly criticized by the press and public, GM needs ...

Next Chevy Equinox to be equipped with a 2.3L DI 4 cylinder Jeremy Korzeniewski

The automotive world will be getting a new Chevy Equinox bestowed upon it for the 2009 model year, and news from General Motors now places a 2.3L direct-injected four-cylinder engine underhood. ...

Project Driveway participant starts a blog on Popular Mechanics Jeremy Korzeniewski

General Motor's Project Driveway campaign began late last year and is expected to continue on for a total of three years. A few of the participants have spoken about their experiences with the ...

SAE Congress '08: Riding in MTU's Challenge X hybrid Equinox (video) Sebastian Blanco

I took a ride this morning through downtown Detroit in a 30+ mpg Equinox. Originally, the 2005 Equinox got 25 mpg on the highway and 19 in the city. Two Michigan Technological University seniors ...

California Dreaming? GM says 2014 will see 1,000 hydrogen cars in CA 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we wrote on April Fool's Day (but wasn't a joke), GM's vice president for research & development and planning, Larry Burns, delivered a speech at the National Hydrogen Association conference highlighting his GM's bullish stance on hydrogen cars. Reuters spoke to Burns about his speech and ...

GM offers more insight into their view of hydrogen 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Like Toyota, General Motors has offered some additional information into their viewpoint regarding hydrogen and fuel cells. As we recently reported, Toyota's Irv Miller called out The Wall Street Journal for bad reporting practices when they quoted Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe as suggesting ...

VIDEO: GM says "millions" of fuel cell vehicles possible in the next decade 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

"Reports of my death" the fuel cell might say "have been greatly exaggerated." Market Watch spoke with Larry Burns (see video below the fold), VP Research & Development & Strategic Planning for GM, at the launch of Virgin's fuel cell fleet and he is very bullish on fuel cells. Burns said ...

Washington Auto Show video: GM hands over Project Driveway fuel cell test vehicle keys 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tom Albert of Alexandria, VA, and Nick Williams of Washington, DC. will test drive fuel cell Equinoxes for the next few months. GM North America Sales VP Mark LaNeve handed over the keys to Tom and Nick at the 2008 Washington Auto Show this week. In the video above, Tom and Nick talk about how they ...

AltWheels Video: GM describes Tahoe hybrid as a "big ass hybrid," Sir Mix-A-Lot would be proud 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is a tour of the GM booth at AltWheels Boston 2007. Sir Mix-A-Lot would be proud to know that GM described its new Tahoe hybrid, the company's first full hybrid, as a "big ass hybrid" in the video. That colorful wording proves GM definitely wants the public to think hybrids are big, ...

Technical Analysis: 2008 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell/HydroGen4 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the Equinox Fuel Cell for a high res gallery In the fall of 2006, General Motors announced plans to launch the largest ever field test of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with Project Driveway. The intent was to build over 100 fuel cell-powered Chevrolet Equinoxes and provide them to regular ...

GM will provide the fuel cell Equinoxes to customers for free 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors is planning to start handing over keys to fuel cell powered Equinoxes to customers of their Project Driveway program in just a few weeks' time and, unlike Honda, they don't plan on charging drivers for the privilege. GM is building up to 150 of the hydrogen-fueled crossovers for what ...

Interview with Prof. Andrew Frank, head of the UC Davis Challenge X entry, Team Fate 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Back in January we told you about Team Fate, the UC Davis entry in the Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility competition. Team Fate are outfitting a GM Equinox with a plug-in electric hybrid flex-fuel powertrain which will increase the fuel economy of the vehicle from its original 19 mpg to ...

U.S. Army looks to Quantum for mobile hydrogen refuelling 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've mentioned fuel cell manufacturer Quantum a few times recently in conjunction with their hydrogen storage systems being selected by General Motors for the fleet of fuel cell powered Equinoxes GM are building, plus via their supply of hydrogen fuel systems and storage to Ford for its Escape ...

Team Fate beefing up a GM Equinox with li-ions for Challenge X 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility engineering competition is on. And the University of California, Davis Hybrid Electric Vehicle Group (Team Fate) is calling on Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) to help them out in re-engineering the Chevy Equinox to use lithium-ion cells. The ...

Wired NextFest Report: Wrap-up and more advanced vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

(Editor's note: to read the rest of Derrick's NextFest coverage, click here) Overall, Wired's NextFest certainly wasn't the Paris Motor Show, nor was it meant to be. Instead, it was a gathering of new technologies in many different fields. On the positive side, I'd say that if there was any ...

Wired NextFest Report: Virginia Tech's ethanol-electric Equinox 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ohio State wasn't the only school exhibiting an impressive alternative-powered car at NextFest. The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) from Virginia Tech brought along their Challenge X-winning Equinox. Challenge X is a 3-phase competition in which 17 teams were chosen to re-engineer an Equinox ...

Wired NextFest Report: Overview 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just got back from NextFest. Dubbed Wired's version of a new world's fair, NextFest brought together more than 130 exhibitors bearing new technologies in a plethora of fields from all over the globe. Given that it's being held just 3 short subway stops from my apartment, I couldn't quite think of a ...

Post Office takes keys to GM fuel-cell delivery vehicle 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors has put another hydrogen vehicle on public streets for testing. The U.S. Post Office on Wednesday took delivery a GM HydroGen3 fuel cell minivan that will be used on routes in Irvine, California. The Post Office already has a fuel-cell delivery vehicle in Washington D.C. conducting ...

The Army is Going Green 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this week General Motors announced that they would be delivering a fleet of 100 new fuel-cell vehicles. Now, the General has announced the U.S. Army is taking the first of the new Fuel Cell equipped Chevrolet Equinoxes (Equini?). GM intends to market test 100 of the fuel cell equipped ...

More details on GM bringing 100 fuel cell vehicles to test market next year 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors is building the world's largest fleet of fuel cell vehicles for real-world testing. The company will place more than 100 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cells with drivers around the world starting in the fall of 2007. "This is about making it real," said Bryon McCormick, executive director ...

GM to build world's largest fuel cell fleet 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Amidst the big news last week regarding the Chevy Sequel fuel cell vehicle, General Motors announced they will build the world's largest fuel cell fleet to date. Dubbed Project Driveway, the fleet will be comprised of more than 100 Chevrolet Equinox SUVs converted to run on hydrogen. According to a ...


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