GM unveil a hydrogen-electric Cadillac crossover concept
GM unveil a hydrogen-electric Cadillac crossover concept
General Motors Corp. wants to build a car that doesn’t need gas and now the automaker is trying to create a car that can go without a driver too. Dubbed the Provoq, the model will be shown off by GM CEO Rick Wagoner at the landmark technology convention in Las Vegas.
The automaker is releasing few details about the Provoq — which will be transported to Detroit in time for next week’s media preview of the North American International Auto Show — until Wagoner’s speech Tuesday.
However, a spokesman said its alternative fuel technology is being developed as part of the company’s E-Flex program. One of the vehicles he’ll promote will be a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV that can navigate itself through traffic using radars, lasers and cameras.
The vehicle, which GM developed with Carnegie Mellon University, won the 2007 Urban Challenge competition held last fall by the U.S. Defense Department’s research agency.
The other vehicle will be a Cadillac concept called Provoq, a hydrogen fuel cell crossover vehicle. No petroleum will be needed to power this vehicle and the only emissions will be water. GM says the Provoq can go 280 miles powered by hydrogen and 20 miles on battery power.