AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Partnerships for the Goals
KEYWORDS
Fuel cells , energy
COUNTRY
Japan
DESIGNED BY
GM & HONDA
WEBSITE
https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2017/jan/0130-tunein.html
GM & Honda Fuel Cells
GM and Honda to Establish Industry-First Joint Fuel Cell System Manufacturing Operation in Michigan
General Motors Co. and Honda has announced an establishment of the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture to mass produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company.
“This foundation of outstanding teamwork will now take us to the stage of joint mass production of a fuel cell system that will help each company create new value for our customers in fuel cell vehicles of the future.” - said Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.
Fuel cell technology addresses many of the major challenges facing automobiles today: petroleum dependency, emissions, efficiency, range and refueling times. Fuel cell vehicles can operate on hydrogen made from renewable sources such as wind and biomass. Water vapor is the only emission from fuel cell vehicles.