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Tiny Fuel Cell Fleet's Had Several, Including World's First FCEV Vs FCEV Smash Up





Slide from a GM presentation about its ongoing fuel cell development program shows three of the Chevrolet Equinox FCEVs that have been involved in crashes during the two-year program. Only 119 of the cars have been put on the road, and two were in the same collision. 




It's been a joke for as long as there have been cars on the world's roads:  Put just a few of them into operation and their drivers will ultimately find a way of running into one another.


That certainly seems to be the case with General Motors' Chevrolet Equinox Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs).


The company's put 119 into operation in the U.S. over the past two years in a program called Project Driveway. About 6,000 people have been selected to get the cars for varying periods - usually two months.


And so far, five of them have been in accidents - a rate of almost 20 percent.


In at least one case, we're told, the accident involved two GM fuel cell vehicles - the world's first FCEV vs FCEV collision.
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Tags: FCEVS, Fuel Cell Crashes, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, General Motors, GM, Hydrogen

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