Chevy Sequels go the distance! Over 300 miles on one tank of hydrogen
On the day some people were boycotting gasoline purchases to protest high prices, two Chevrolet Sequel fuel cell powered concepts each traveled over 300 miles on a single tank of hydrogen. AutoblogGreen went along for the ride from Rochester, New York to Tarrytown. This was the first time that a fuel cell powered car had traveled over 300 miles without a refill under real world driving conditions facing traffic jams, climbs through the Catskills, and hot running batteries. Follow the Read link to check out the whole story.
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Mike 11:49AM (5/16/2007)
GM doesn't have the technology to do something like this!!!
/import fanboy off
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Dave 11:52AM (5/16/2007)
What's the sticker price?
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KC 11:57AM (5/16/2007)
Where are all the hydrogen haters saying hydrogen is DOA and not a viable power source for vehicles now?
Good work GM!
To think this isn't even GMs 5th gen fuel cell that will be used in an E-Flex hydrogen variant that is much more efficient then the stack used in the sequel and hydrogen equinox
Telsa can't even get 200 miles in testing and GM is getting 300+ in real world testing and not even using their best fuels cell stack.
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tcc3 12:06PM (5/16/2007)
KC. I'm right here. Sorry I'm late to the party.
Hey, now all those hundreds of H2 tanks in my basement have a use. =P
I dont think anyone claims the ability to make a Hydrogen engine is impossible. Its the fuel source. Where are you going to get all the H2?
The only way the "hydrogen economy" is going to fly is if we build a lot more Nuclear power plants.
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J keefer 9:55AM (8/24/2007)
Hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe.
Where they going to get hydrogen?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070817211908.htm
A. Blinkin 12:12PM (5/16/2007)
Who really cares about hydrogen anyway? I can get electricity anywhere and my corner gas station only carries diesel and unleaded. Until that changes, who cares.
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GeoTracker 12:23PM (5/16/2007)
How much does hydrogen cost to fill up and what's the mileage? Until it beats gas prices and mileage why would I switch? It' like overpaying for a hybrid when you could just as easily buy a gas car for less and just simply drive less.
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Kowell 12:20PM (5/16/2007)
Hydrogen cars are a joke.... it's the carrot they keep balancing in front of the donkey's face so they can claim to make "big work" towards less poluting cars. Hydrogen cannot be viable for mass production for a minimum of 30 years or so and that much as already been proven again and again. Those that think that car companies are really gonna produce any low-cost hydrogen cars in 3 years should research something called "the 5 miracles needed for hydrogen cars"....
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ruggels 12:24PM (5/16/2007)
Awesome!
#1 screw the import fanboys, we're not all black and white camps here, many of us have just been waiting for GM to FINALLY back up their rhetoric with actual numbers in the real world (that damn fuel cell sled they drug around for a decade anyone?).
I for one am glad to see them achieving figures like this. The more concrete examples they provide, the more real good press they will generate and the more they'll finally start convincing buyers like me to consider their products.
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ruggels 12:27PM (5/16/2007)
"Telsa can't even get 200 miles in testing and GM is getting 300+ in real world testing and not even using their best fuels cell stack"
Possibly the most retarded thing I've read in a long time. I guess it would be prudent to start comparing my GTI's mileage to a MKV Diesel Jetta? Or maybe the V6 camry to the hybrid. Why should we even compare cars in similar segments (two seater sports cars which hit sixty in 4s vs cuvs designed to carry lots of people) or even the same drive train? Next up from KC the Bugatti vs Zap electric smart shootout. Give me a break, what a joke.
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Tom 12:28PM (5/16/2007)
I live in Rochester and attempted to see the send off of these cars. Very poor event planning. The cars never actually stopped...I guess they just showed up, drove by the small crowd assembled and just kept going. Oh well.
I think it is very unfair to the public to talk about how cheap the hydrogen cost for this 300 mile trip without ever mentioning the cost of the car.
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Aki 12:32PM (5/16/2007)
Mike, why do you have to turn every single story into an Import/Domestic standoff? Get over it.
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Mike 12:35PM (5/16/2007)
Aki, just beating them to the punch.
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Tim 12:36PM (5/16/2007)
#1 - pull your head out of your A**. Do you have the technogy to do something like this??? Didn't think so.
#5 - the world doesn't revolve around you.
#6 - I'd like to see you try and develop this technology from scratch.
When you build them, they will come. Instead of bashing GM, why not praise them for this work???
Hurry up and build this GM - I'll be the first one in line!
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Tim 12:42PM (5/16/2007)
#10 - the cost of this car is well over 6-figures. Think about it - this vehicle is going to have to be competitive with other gas-powered vehicles in this segment. I would venture to guess upper 20's-low 30's. GM will take a loss on every one they build but will be worth the PR.
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Jeremy 12:49PM (5/16/2007)
Wow, if only Toyota had developed this then all of the America-bashers would love it. Hey, it doesn't take much to get the H2. This link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell
States that there is already fueling stations. The H2 refueling stations are very efficient. They don't require to be constantly refilled. They bring in water and electricity and they generate the H2 on spot. If you look at that for the financial point of the gas station that would be very economical because they could save on the cost to ship fuel from one location to another.
The Tesla and the Sequal are both in the same genre, they are hybrids. We are at a point where we, as a country regardless of brand, are trying to determine the most practical and most economical means for a hybrid. Since these are both new ways to do this I don't really see how they are not comparable. I understand there would be a place for the Tesla and one for the Sequal, just as there is a place for a Corvette and a place for a Sienna. However, the Sequal proves that obviously the Hydrogen car would be more practical for longer trips when you have a family...where are you going to be able to sit for 3.5 hours to charge your Tesla as you're driving cross country? I understand that there aren't many refueling stations for the Hydrogen yet but as I understand Honda/Toyota/GM have a partnership with Shell (or did anyway) where all Shell stations were supposed to have Hydrogen refueling stations by 2010 or 2012.
So here's an idea to all of you ball-less pansies that just sit in your boxers at home because you are too fucking useless to get a job...if your comment is going to do nothing more than bash GM for being GM...then spare us the time required to browse past your pointless comments and SHUT THE F**K UP!!!
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bmoredlj 12:49PM (5/16/2007)
I saw a Sequel at a car show; the info panel said the specimen on display cost a cool $4 million to build.
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bmoredlj 12:59PM (5/16/2007)
The one I saw was a concept model, though, with a flashier interior and suicide doors.
Looking at the photos, I can't believe how much this thing looks like a production vehicle, while outclassing the flanking suburbans in style. A pretty damn good looking Chevy, if you ask me.
With a conventional powertrain, it'd make a not-too-bad replacement for el Equinox. The Acadia is too big. My suggesiton to Chevy: Make this puppy the Nomad, and give it a hybrid option.
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ruggels 1:00PM (5/16/2007)
"The Tesla and the Sequal are both in the same genre, they are hybrids. "
Jeremy, might want to get your facts straight before hopping on that soap box, the telsa is an electric car not a hybrid.
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MikeW 2:21PM (5/16/2007)
Just how much hydrogen did it carry? What was the gasoline gallon equiavlent?
How far did Clarkson get with the A8 diesel?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4113162060604318409&q=Audi+A8+challange&hl=en
[Where is part two?]
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