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General Motors

‘ new

military

defense unit is developing an ultra-rugged, heavy-duty version of the

Chevrolet Silverado

that it says is powered by a next-generation

hydrogen fuel cell

and advanced battery systems.

It’s called the Silverado ZH2, an echo of the smaller

Chevy Colorado ZH2

, a fuel-cell pickup co-developed by

GM

and the

U.S. Army

Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center in 2016. It features a heavy duty strength design, a “race proven multimatic dynamic suspension” and a range of more than 400 miles.

The Silverado ZH2 features GM Defense’s Hydrotec

fuel cells

and Jouletec battery system. The former doubles as a mobile power source of between 50 and 100 kilowatts and a mobile water source, capable of generating two gallons of water per hour as its only waste product. It also offers rapid recharging in just 3 minutes. Looks-wise from the renderings in the video, the front end isn’t far from the photo of the

2020 Silverado HD Chevy

teased earlier this year.

GM Defense spun out this year to fulfill contracts for

military

programs, filling a void after the automaker sold its defense unit to General Dynamics Corp. for $1.1 billion in 2003. The unit also developed the skateboard-like

SURUS hydrogen fuel-cell platform

capable of off-road, autonomous driving and acting as a mobile power source.

GM and

Honda

last year announced plans to

jointly build more economical fuel cell stacks

it developed together at GM’s Brownstown battery facility near Detroit by 2020. GM last fall said it planned to

offer a fuel-cell vehicle to retail customers within five years

, part of its plans to add 20 new battery electric and fuel-cell vehicles globally by 2023.

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