Mike Copeland takes a sharp right onto Grand River Avenue in Brighton, shifts gears and punches the throttle of his cherry red 1948 Chevrolet pickup. It’s a warm, sunny day in early May, and the 67-year-old Copeland flies down the road with the windows wide-open to let in the wild, warm wind and deafening roar of the 500-horsepower engine.
You’d swear you were in a gasoline-powered hot rod leaving a trail of exhaust fumes. But Copeland’s ride is powered by hydrogen and oxygen, producing no carbon emissions from his tailpipe, only water that is so pure you could drink it.
“We’ve spent $1 million in developing a hydrogen tank and this engine,” Copeland bellowed over the hum of the engine. “But we solved issues that others have not been able to solve.”
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