Chevrolet Sequel: Reinventing the Automobile (2008-01-0421)

Sequel is the third vehicle in GM’s Reinvention of the Automobile and is the first zero emissions passenger vehicle to drive more than 300 miles on public roads without refueling or recharging. It is purpose-built around the hydrogen storage and fuel cell systems and uses the skateboard principle introduced in the Autonomy vision concept and the Hy-wire proof-of-concept vehicles. Sequel’s aluminum structure, Flexray controlled chassis-by- wire systems and AWD system comprising a single front electric motor and two rear wheel motors make it, perhaps, the most technically advanced automobile ever built. The paper describes the vehicle’s design and performance characteristics.