Chevrolet Colorado ZH2: The monstrous 4 × 4 of the American army that runs on hydrogen

The United States Army in collaboration with General Motors has developed this so special that called Colorado ZH2 a large pick up that aims to revolutionize the future of the army thanks to its innovative hydrogen fuel cell Chevrolet.

With a look that is very scary, the ZH2 has dimensions that already makes it clear that we are facing a real beast, no less than 2 meters high and 2.13 wide, matching tires BFGoodrich Mud Terrain of 94 centimeters diameter. The vehicle has been created to explore both known and unknown places, based on an electric propulsion system that takes as its power source a fuel cell.

In addition to its size it enlarged the ZH2 surprised with a much harder look like the Chevrolet Colorado series, and just see the camouflage paint degraded to defense or protection in the front bumper give us a clue that this is not a pickup any you can purchase at any dealer.

The front imposes, and much, the first thing we look is in the air intake that receives on the hood along with a smooth and clean grill futuristic look in their headlights accentuate that look that seems taken from any movie science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg.

The Colorado ZH2 has various missions and tasks to perform in the US Army, and among several of its purposes is to carry out the operations requiring a special stealth to spy or simply warn the enemy of our presence. Thanks to the fuel cell get many useful advantages in military use such as a high torque at any speed, low levels of consumption, the production of water for field work or supply of electricity in remote areas.

According to the program manager of General Motors, Charlie Freese: "The advantage of hydrogen is that it can get almost any other form of energy, renewable, network, or conventional liquid fuels". Yet there remains a problem, the hydrogen supply in remote or dangerous areas especially where they carry out a military mission. General Motors has responded to this difficulty thinking of recycling existing systems that are based on JP-8, and pose now use this fuel derived kerosene to extract hydrogen and thus obtain electricity.

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