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Just getting going this morning but... wait a sec, was that a Turinese hydrogen car?
From *General Motors*? Wow, anything is possible these days:
http://www.gmeurope.info/social_media_newsroom/archives/762-Torino-first-stop-on-the-road-to-Hydrogen-in-Italy.html
General Motors and Regione Piemonte today unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle which could become part of the first real-world demonstration program in Italy.
GM’s fourth generation fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), HydroGen4, took center stage at the Inauguration of the new GM Engineering Center in Torino today and was driven on Italian roads for the first time.
The desire to launch a fuel cell vehicle demonstration program is outlined in a framework agreement between GM, Politecnico di Torino and Regione Piemonte to work together on world-leading sustainable mobility research and education projects.
Regione Piemonte and GM are working together to overcome regulatory hurdles, make hydrogen fuel available and develop a government framework that would enable a fleet of test cars to be put in operation in Italy next year.
Mike Arcamone, Vice President GM Powertrain Europe, said the HydroGen4 program was an important part of GM’s overall advanced technology and vehicle electrification strategy.
“With the support of Regione Piemonte, a small fleet of HydroGen4 vehicles could take to the road next year. A demonstration program would provide GM with important real-world feedback on fuel cell technology and the driving experience,” Mr Arcamone said.
“If everyone works together to support infrastructure development, investment and remove regulatory hurdles, we could see more HydroGen4 vehicles on the road and take our first steps as a community towards truly sustainable mobility.”
A priority of Regione Piemonte is economic development based on knowledge and excellence, especially in clean technologies and their application in different fields.
Andrea Bairati, Regional Minister for Innovation and Industry, said: “Piemonte supports policies focused on the clean technologies, renewable energies, investment on new fuels for the reduction of the carbon footprint and a sustainable mobility.
“The drive of such change is research and innovation. The actors are industry and researchers. A more and more relevant role is played by the public institutions.
“Today we inaugurate a center that represents all of those values: entrepreneurship, research, innovation and public demand for mobility to bring Torino to the same level of the other European capital cities. As in Berlin, we aim to realize the first fleet of hydrogen vehicles in Italy which are essentially real-world experimental laboratories for future low environmental impact travels,” he said.
“We are the capital city of the car, more and more we will become the capital city of low environmental impact mobility.” (...)
