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GM's Hy-Wire Fuel-Cell Car

World-first concept car from GM combines a hydrogen fuel-cell power plant with drive "by wire" technology. And just look at the styling!

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The heart of the Hy-wire is an innovative "skateboard" chassis, which contains all of the sedan's propulsion, transmission, steering and braking components within its 279mm high frame and provides a single electrical connection to the body.

In essence, fuel cells enable a skateboard chassis and this flat plane provides unprecedented freedom for designing the vehicle body.

Complementing this, the by-wire systems allow a single docking connection between the skateboard chassis and the body, and this creates great opportunities for reinventing the interior layout.

Hy-wire was literally designed from the inside out, with form following function. The flexibility of the chassis accommodates multiple interchangeable "snap on" body styles that can be customised to meet customers' various lifestyles.

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