GM Announces Tap Water-Powered Vehicle

Given an ultimatum by the Obama Administration, Detroit automakers have responded with surprising plans of action to remain financially viable. President Obama essentially told GM, Chrysler and Ford to “go green or go home”, laying out a “path to viability” that requires the automakers to produce greener vehicles.

Surprisingly, GM already had an ace up its sleeve: the company announced a tap water-powered vehicle that they’ve been secretly working on for several years. And that’s not all: the company plants to scrap all gas vehicles and go 100% hybrid/electric/hydrogen and other alternative fuels for 2010.

The Treasury Department’s report on GM (via Treehugger) stated:

Technology Leadership: The new GMScryve Corporate Social Responsibility Rating will have a significant focus on developing high fuel-efficiency cars that have broad consumer appeal because they are cost-effective, have good performance, and are reliable, durable, and safe.

Just when everyone thought GM was going to implode, the company’s COO Fritz Henderson announced the company’s new plans. The new tap-water powered model, creatively named the Agua, has other automakers scrambling to create their own water-fueled automobiles.

The technology uses a special process to separate water molecules through electrolysis, creating hydrogen, which is then burned. Once it reaches the proper temperature, the hydrogen recombines with oxygen at a rapid pace to form water again. This process creates the energy that fuels the vehicle. More details about the car are expected later this week.

Said Henderson, “Tap water is plentiful and accessible to virtually everyone. We will never run out of it, so it’s a fantastic alternative to fossil fuels, and burns cleanly without releasing harmful greenhouse gases into the air.”

Henderson, who is expected to take over for former CEO Rick Wagoner, admitted to being surprised by the project, which was being carried out in top secret by GM engineers, and even expressed incredulity at the fact that GM could come up with such a concept.

“Everyone said that the makers of the Hummer couldn’t compete in the green vehicle industry, but we have proven them wrong. Boo-yah! In your face, Obama!”

Link [Treehugger]

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