
During the 2005 APEC gathering in Busan, GM Daewoo announced a multi-prong fuel cell project that includes an engineering feasibility study on the integration of fuel cell systems in GM Daewoo vehicles utilizing GM's industry-leading fuel cell technology and an initial feasibility study on the integration of Korean suppliers to support fuel cell and other advanced technology vehicle activities of GM Daewoo and GM. In addition, GM Daewoo launched a local HydroGen3 demo project. The operation of the fuel cell vehicle on Korean roads is designed to provide valuable information on the vehicle's performance in real-world driving conditions while offering important opportunities for the GM Daewoo engineering community to become familiar with this leading-edge vehicle.
In September 2006, GM hosted a ride and drive program involving the most advanced fuel cell vehicle ever built, the Sequel, and announced that the world's largest fuel cell fleet consisting of more than 100 Chevrolet Equinoxes would start operating in 2007 to gain comprehensive learnings in all aspects of the customer experience. With the Sequel and Equinox fuel cell vehicles, GM has shown how close we are to production fuel cell vehicles once a hydrogen infrastructure, comprehensive standards and regulations, and government and public support are ready. GM Daewoo will benefit from this global project not only by sharing learnings, but also by being an important player and participant.
GM Daewoo has also been studying the possibility of bringing hybrid cars to Korea in collaboration with GM since building its first hybrid show car, the S3X SUV, in 2004. The vehicles would feature either the GM hybrid system found in the Saturn Vue Green Line or the two-mode hybrid system that GM is developing with DaimlerChrysler and BMW. 