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May 9, 2009 12:41 PM PDT
117: Did the hydrogen car just die?
Did hydrogen cars just blow up? GM's closer to unloading Saturn, but also to keeping part of it. One less GPS nav brand to contend with. And, we get a lot of stares in this week's test car.
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SHOW NOTES
• First look at the Nissan Cube
• Yet another EV comes out of the woodwork
Brian Cooley is an editor at large who keeps his fingers on the pulse of consumers' attitudes toward tech. His specialty is CNET Car Tech videos, but, frankly, most people have seen him on the TVs at Costco (or in one of his '60s Fords or Fiats).
Brian Cooley has a fleet of late '60s cars so he's well aware that great motoring exists happily in the absence of silicon--car technology only impresses him when it's great.
Wayne Cunningham On the cutting edge of tech coverage, Wayne began his journalism career writing about the Web in 1995. Although he has covered many areas of technology, he considers the Car Tech beat the best yet.
Antuan Goodwin gained most of his automotive knowledge the old fashioned way, by turning wrenches in a driveway. From drivetrain tech and performance to car audio installs and cabin tech, if it's on wheels, Antuan is knowledgeable.
I find it amazing that an email respondent at Hydrogenics Corporation of Mississauga has no recollection of a hydrogen car the company they bought-out - Stuart Energy - and FORD of CANADA made several years ago. I can't remember the year but it was big news on a major network - or perhaps cable channel - back then.
Strange that when I emailed back to the respondent representative at Hydrogenics - Lawrence Davis - to ask if he could suggest to whom I may address the issue of the missing car, I received NO reply at all. Can you imagine a company forgetting - or having no recollection - of such an amazing vehicle they helped to build?!