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GM shows off hydrogen car

General Motors calls it one answer to the problem of America's heavy dependence on foreign oil.

General Motors calls it one answer to the problem of America’s heavy dependence on foreign oil--Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. At the only gas station in Washington capable of fueling the vehicles, GM showed off few of its hydrogen-fuel-cell powered versions of the Chevy Equinox. The cars, still in development, use no petroleum and release zero greenhouse gases. They will be test-driven for the next two months by about a hundred motorists in Washington, New York and Southern California as part of GM’s Project Driveway.

Frederick Henderson is GM’s president and Chief Operating Officer. Today, it wouldn’t be commercially viable, but the objective is through circles of learning, through invention, through change, through integration, and through inquiry (or enquiry), part of it is getting real feedback from the consumers. It’s about getting the commercialization in the future.

The uniquely powered Chevy is not very cost-effective for GM. Each model costs more than 250,000 dollars, but GM is hoping that the federal government will provide incentives to one day make it affordable for consumers.

These vehicles, er, they do have higher cost particularly to introduce them, and historically some incentives have been provided to consumers, to get the consumer into the equation, and we strongly support that.

With gas approaching four dollars a gallon in much of the US, hydrogen cars could be in perhaps a decade a viable alternative to gas-powered vehicles, right now it’s more of a high price glimpse into the future.

John Decker, Reuters.

文本中文摘要

通用汽车公司说它是解决美国过分依赖国外石油的一剂良药

这就是通用正在开发的氢燃料汽车。

这种汽车零耗油、零污染，通用表示要帮助全球摆脱对石油的依赖，为全世界提供更节能、更清洁、更环保的汽车。