GM's Billion-Dollar Fuel-Cell Bet

nakhla writes "Wired is running a lengthy article detailing GM's billion-dollar effort to invent a radically new fuel cell vehicle. The interesting part is that GM's engineers are no longer trying to squeeze a fuel cell engine into a traditional car design. Instead, they're building a completely new type of car from the ground up. No gears, clutch, braking hardware, etc. It's all drive-by-wire (computer controlled). Even the engines are located in each of the 4 wheels. It's a fascinating read, and the article outlines economic reasons for such a car, as well as environmental concerns and practical uses (imagine powering your house with the excess electricity generated by your car). For anyone remotely interested in the future of automotive technology, this article is very interesting."

Comments

Re:go GM

[Oculus Habent]

Better than people grasping for FP with:

FP!!!!

FP, I think!

Haha - FP!!!!

Re:Slashdot is a scam

[HaggiZ]

Probably terribly off-topic and not entirely relevant in any thread I've read on here to date, but none-the-less I still found it an incredibly insightful and interesting read.

Any chance of this guy getting a few cents from slashdot or at least some exposure? I found this far more enjoyable than anything I've read from Katz in recent memory.