GM sets fuel-cell SUVs on the road

Yesterday General Motors tested their Sequel SUV fuel-cell vehicles by driving them 300 miles on one tank of hydrogen on public roads. They believe that the test was a world record for the hydrogen fuel cells.

"This is a very significant event to us," said Larry Burns, vice president of research, development and planning. "Our goal was to go 300 miles because that is what our customers tell us they need. This is a vehicle that can carry four or five passengers, but this is also a vehicle that emits just water. ... We are in the infancy of a whole new automobile."

They picked New York because they have been the most critical of GM's fuel-efficiency in their fleet of heavy trucks.

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