Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research development and strategic planning, says more than 400 GM fuel-cell
engineers will report to GM's powertrain group to begin production engineering of fuel-cell systems. Another 100 will transfer to the global product development organization to start integrating fuel
cells into future GM vehicles. "We don't build cars in research labs," says Burns.
Fuel cells create electricity by stripping electrons off hydrogen when it passes through a thin membrane. The byproduct--water--is the only emission.
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