The two companies have also announced that they are exploring further opportunities to expand the hydrogen fuel infrastructure. As the first step in this effort, a hydrogen fueling station will be developed and located at Clean Energy’s compressed natural gas (CNG) facility near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
The hydrogen station will be used by drivers taking part in Chevrolet’s Project Driveway, the world’s largest market test of fuel cell vehicles. It is expected to be operational by early fall.
General Motors (GM) and Clean Energy are discussing potential opportunities to expand this first station into a network of hydrogen fueling stations by leveraging Clean Energy’s natural gas fueling expertise and the real-world customer experience gained by fueling more than 14,000 vehicles daily at over 170 CNG stations across North America.
Mary Beth Stanek, director of energy and environmental policy and commercialization at General Motors, said: Developing and growing hydrogen infrastructure is vital to GM’s efforts to bring larger volumes of fuel cell vehicles to the market. We are supporting this hydrogen station near LAX because we recognize a critical role for Clean Energy’s existing CNG infrastructure in helping expand the hydrogen infrastructure.
