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To many, the hydrogen fuel cell is the way we will power our personal vehicles in the future. Non-polluting, they run on the most abundant stuff in the universe and their only real emissions is water. It sounds sci-fi and futuristic, because it is, but the ironic thing here is although the hydrogen fuel cell is definitely space age, its also been around for half a century – General Motors’ version anyway.
Since 1966
1966 was a pretty interesting year for science geeks; geeks in general really, but in particular, gearhead geeks. The space race was full speed ahead to beat the Soviets to the moon. Batman played by Adam West debuted on TV, and so did this rather obscure show called Star Trek. In the car world, speeds were going up everywhere. The Indy 500 had undergone a complete revolution to “rear”-engined cars (actually mid engine, but the roadster was dead for sure). Grand Prix cars were steadily progressing with regard to both technology and speed, as was sports car racing. Space age stuff, trickle down technology goodies, had been dripping out of NASA for a while now. Structural plastics were turning up on the road and the track. Electronics were getting smaller, faster, and more robust.
Velcro. Tang. It was your tax dollars at work buddy.
The hydrogen-powered Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle launched in 2007 as part of Project Driveway. They have accumulated more than 3 million miles of r...