General Motors’ goal is to get 1,000 vehicles in California that are hydrogen fuel cell between the years 2012 and 2014.  This is in an attempt to comply with California’s objective to get thousands of cars on the roads that are cleaner.

Currently, in Southern California GM has approximately 60 Chevrolet Equinox vehicles that are fuel cell.  They believe that the logical next step is to raise the scale to 1,000.  This way they will be close to meeting their share of the 7,500 zero emission vehicles California expects on the roadways between 2012 and 2014.

GM believes that if the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the roads increase, there would be more of a mainstream acceptance of these cars.  Also, people would see it as more viable financially by 2017.

Consumers will jump on board eventually if they see that hydrogen fuel cell cars are beneficial.  More people are becoming “green” and looking to save money on gas, new car warranties, and auto loans.