The Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 could eventually change the landscape of military vehicles. There are numerous benefits to a vehicle like the Colorado ZH2, which makes use of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion method.
Motor Authority recently paid a visit to Fort Carson, Colorado, where the Colorado ZH2 is undergoing tests by the U.S. Army, and the truck doesn’t only look capable, it is capable.
The truck was a development project between General Motors, Chevrolet and the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). Each party worked to contribute to a final product that can not only withstand the stress of combat and any terrain but a vehicle that can also keep soldiers safer.
The Colorado ZH2 lacks much of a heat signature thanks to the hydrogen fuel cell. The army is a big—no heat signature from an internal combustion engine means the vehicle is even more stealthy. Its only byproduct—water—can also be filtered and be made drinkable if necessary.
Go ahead and check out the Colorado ZH2 strutting its stuff in the video above.
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While this may look good in theory, one has to wonder where the US Army hopes to find Hydrogen in the middle of a battle zone as a better solution would be a diesel fuel cell; a vehicle powered by a diesel fuel cell which converts diesel fuel which would be widely available converts the diesel to electricity could transition to civilian applications in a heartbeat given the number of gas stations that sell diesel fuel compared with the tiny number of Hydrogen fuel centers.
On the battlefield both hydrogen and diesel must be transported by the army. It isnt like Army vehicles on the battlefield would drive up to the local gas station for fuel.
Water is H2O. Theoretically you can extract hydrogen from water. The military would require a hydrogen generator next to a stream or lake and viola!!! They can produce all the hydrogen they need for their vehicles.
GM could also have a Hydrogen generator to sell to the Army.