In a Web-based interview with the media Tuesday, General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said the company may take a closer look at what it spends on fuel cell development. When asked about fuel cells, Henderson said “while we need to be more efficient in this area, we are confident we can maintain the capabilities necessary to win in the market going forward.”
General Motors declared bankruptcy this month and is selling off subsidiaries. Any cuts could have a huge impact on Rochester because General Motors employs over three hundred people at a fuel cell research center. Henderson added that fuel cell vehicles are still “some considerable time away.”
June 5th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Fuel cell vehicles are portrayed as such a far in the future technology. The reality of the matter is that we have the technology now but choose not to use it. You all see that picture of that pretty whie fuel cell chevy above, right? Why can’t GM open FCV factories instead of cranking out gas guzzlers? We are afraid to invest in an inovated future and will happily hand off the porblems to the next generation of scientists, CEOs and investors. Shame on GM and shame on the rest of the car producers. We need a change now. Oil is an unreplaceable natural recourse and we cannot afford to wait until its supply runs dry.
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