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Originally posted by kaisen
All aluminum body and structure? Sounds like smoke and mirrors may also have some substance.
This thing is rather large:

Sequel, about the size of a Cadillac SRX, travels up to 300 miles on its hydrogen supply, and accelerates to 60 mph in less than 10 seconds. Current-generation fuel cell vehicles have a range of between 170 and 250 miles and cover 0-60 mph in between 12-16 seconds, depending upon whether a battery is used.

But this is a step away from the usual unibody or ladder frame...interesting:

“With Sequel,” Burns said, “virtually everything is packaged in an 11-inch ‘skateboard’ chassis, building on what we first showed the world in the AUTOnomy and Hy-wire. Sequel points to a vehicle that, in the future, will be better in nearly every way – quicker, surer-footed, easier to handle, easier to build, better looking, safer and only emits water vapor.”

http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/adv_tech/100_news/sequel_011005.html
Old 09-13-2006, 09:41 AM
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