Today we had a chance to ride and drive in GM’s latest fuel cell Equinox.  GM was nice enough to bring the new car to the Smithsonian Institute’s National Science Resource Center’s Energy: Past, Present and Future Academy. We’ve been working with our friends at the NSRC and GM for several years now and have the routine down pat - on the last day of the week-long, hands-on program, the attendees (teachers from around the country) put together a fuel cell car kit.  Then someone from Fuel Cells 2000 gives a presentation on fuel cells, how they work, applications, etc. and after that, the teachers get to drive a real fuel cell car.

This Equinox has a new exterior design and also incorporates a battery for the intial start-up of the vehicle (the previous version had the the fuel cell running from the get-go).  The fuel cell kicks in when the vehicle hits around 25-30 miles and helps extend the range of the vehicle.

We posted some videos on our Facebook page and on YouTube, so check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/FuelCellInsider