Global News: Shell Opens 3rd Hydrogen Station In New York

General Motors, Shell Hydrogen and the Department of Sanitation in New York City (DSNY) completed the long-awaited cluster of stations that will make it easier for participants in Project Driveway to travel longer distances without fear of running out of hydrogen fuel that powers the demonstration vehicles.

Shell Hydrogen and GM have worked together to open stations in White Plains and earlier this year at JFK International Airport on Long Island.

Creating a fueling infrastructure is a critical step in bringing hydrogen fuel technology to fruition. Public-private partnerships between companies such as Shell and GM and public entities such as DSNY help to build that infrastructure.

For the next six months, DSNY officials will be driving one of the more than 100 Equinox Project Driveway FCEVs that have accumulated more than 1 million miles of real-world driving by citizens, celebrities and corporations during the last two years.

GM is working on a second-generation fuel cell system that is 220 pounds lighter and about half the size of the system used in the Equinox FCEV. Such a system could be ready for use in a vehicle in the 2015 time frame, but no production program has been announced.

Credits: wilswong