Detroit auto show

Read what GM Chairman, Rick Wagoner, thinks about the role of ethanol in the bridging the imposing canyon separating today’s petroleum needs with tomorrow’s hydrogen-powered electric hybrid promises.

In the upcoming Detroit car show, GM will be displaying environmentally-friendly show cars, like the new Cadillac Provoq, but it will also be rolling out its most powerful sports car ever, the 200 mph Corvette ZR1. Is there someplace in the middle where green technology can also deliver the sort of performance that plenty of buyers still want? Several manufacturers are betting that’s possible. 

 

Cadillac's Provoq hydrogen fuel-cell powered concept goes on display next week at the 2008 Detroit auto show. Among automotive engineers, industry watchers, politicians, and other pundits, there's consensus that one day we'll all be driving hydrogen-powered vehicles.  The consensus evaporates as soon as somebody asks, "When?"