Another great find at the Petersen... If only it were possible for us to keep pretending that Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, or even Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cell Vehicles were even a somewhat recent endeavor... they aren't.
In 1966 GM presented the "Electrovan," based on the 1966 GMC Handivan, which is credited as "the first hydrogen fuel cell car ever produced." Hydrogen power is by no means new, at the time of the Electrovan, fuel cells had already existed since the early 1800's, and even NASA's Gemini spacecraft ran off hydrogen, with the water produced actually being drunk by the astronauts! General Motors does seem pretty secure in its claims to have been first to use a fuel cell to power an automobile, though.
HydrogenCarsNow.com has a great article on the van, it's capabilities, weaknesses, and a lot of other valuable information on Hydrogen cars.
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