General Motors to help build hydrogen-powered jets
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General Motors is teaming up with Liebherr to develop a hydrogen fuel cell-powered generator to use on commercial aircraft. The zero-emissions device will be able to create water out of thin air.
But now it's set its sights a little higher and is teaming up with Liebherr to power planes with hydrogen. Not their jets, but their internal power systems, which currently rely on jet fuel-powered turbines, which the partnership hopes can be replaced with GM's Hydrotec hydrogen-fuel cell generator. Originally developed for use in automobiles, the fuel cell combines hydrogen stored in tanks with atmospheric oxygen to generate electricity through a chemical reaction that forms water, which could be used onboard.More Related News