Chevrolet To Deploy Test Market Fleet

General Motors plans to build more than 100 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles and begin placing them with customers in the fall of 2007, as part of a comprehensive deployment plan called "Project Driveway." Designed to gain information on all aspects of the customer experience, Project Driveway constitutes the first meaningful market test of fuel cell vehicles. Drivers in California, New York metropolitan area and Washington, D.C., will operate the vehicles and refuel with hydrogen. Using GM's fourth-generation fuel cells and designed to run for 50,000 miles, the Equinox Fuel Cell is a fully-functional crossover vehicle which starts and operates in sub-freezing temperatures. It is expected to meet all applicable 2007 U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards with its frontal air bags; roof rail side-impact air bags; anti-lock braking system; StabiliTrak and OnStar.