General Motors Corp. (GM) has unveiled a unique, new research facility that will expand its ability to develop fuel cell technology and help GM determine how to offer fuel cells on a large-scale basis in preparation for market-ready products.

GM’s new Fuel Cell Development Center in Honeoye Falls, N.Y., will develop fuel cell technology for commercial use. GM has been working on fuel cell technology at a research facility with about 200 employees on the same property since 1998. GM plans in the future to use fuel cell power to operate many parts of the building.

Initially, work at the new facility will focus on developing fuel cell stacks, fuel processors, electrolyzers and the systems around them into products for both stationary and transportation uses. GM expects to have significant numbers of fuel cell-powered vehicles in the public’s hands by the end of the decade.

GM has 500 people working on fuel cell technology at its U.S. facilities in Honeoye Falls, Warren, Mich. and at its research facility in Mainz-Kastel, Germany.

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