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December 24 2002

FUEL CELL FUTURE

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FUEL CELL FUTURE

     Gasoline: the non-renewable, environmentally unfriendly, politically
unstable fuel that's powered our personal transportation for over a hundred
years.  In the 70's we awoke to gasoline's limitations and liabilities 
which brought on a rush of innovation from electric battery powered
cars, to solar designs.  Today as global unrest again focus's our attention
on alternative energy, automakers are investing in hydrogen?powered
fuel?cell technology. 

     Fuel cells combined with drive-by-wire technology will provide
automakers with more than just an alternative to gasoline.  By using
electrical signals to operate the accelerator, brake and steering
functions, there doesn't have to be any foot pedals or a steering column,
so designers have more freedom to re?imagine the vehicle's body shape and
interior to meet various customers needs and lifestyles. 

     General Motors plans to have a drive-by-wire fuel cell powered vehicle
ready for the market by the end of this decade.   Whether a hydrogen
economy will be a reality by then will depend on cooperation between the
largest corporations and governments in the world. 
 
Produced for General Motors 

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