Chevrolets hydrogen-powered stealth truck enlists with U. S. Army
Chevrolet is entering the silent service.The automaker has built a hydrogen-powered truck for the U.S. Army that generates its own electricity with an onboard fuel cell.The heavily-modified Chevrolet Colorado-based rig is powered by a 174 horsepower electric motor that can drive all four wheels while making hardly any noise and keeping a low thermal profile compared to an internal combustion engine.
Chevrolets Colorado ZH2 fuel cell Army test truck is made f or modular power
Chevrolet continues work on zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell tech, and its now providing a just-revealed Colorado ZH 2 fuel cell vehicle to the U.S. Army for design, to find out if the unique advantages of fuel cell tech are viable in actual real-world military mission situations.The ZH 2 is a modified version of the Colorado midsize pickup Chevrolet produces for the consumer market, with a specially reinforced frame designed for all-terrain use.The cars engine compartment has also been modified to accommodate its hydrogen fuel-cell based power train, which GM says offers unique advantages for military use.
Darrell Etherington
GM and the US Army have developed a monster hyd rogen fuel cell truck
GMGMGMLate last year, we got news that General Motors would work with the US Army to develop a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered pickup truck.On Monday at an annual US Army association meeting, GM took the wraps off the beast, which the Army will test in Michigan over the next year.The US Armys tank research center collaborated with GM to build the Chevy Colorado ZH 2 , which has a reinforced body thats six-and-a-half feet tall and seven feet wide.
Megan Geuss
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