GM and Toyota end collaboration on fuel cells

Date: 4 Mar 2006

General Motors and Toyota have ended their partnership on the development of hydrogen-powered cars. They have signed a technology-sharing pact that does not include fuel cells but focuses instead on safety.

The two companies have been collaborating on the next generation of cleaner fuel vehicles for the last seven years. They have been unable to agree terms for sharing the intellectual property behind the development. The move will mean that General Motors, which has been under considerable pressure due to falling sales, will have to take the full cost of development onto itself.

Hydrogen powered fuel cells remain the great hope for the industry, giving the potential for zero harmful emissions from motor cars. At the current state of the technology, hydrogen cannot be produced in sufficient quantity.

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