EVS-20 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2003

California gets a new governor today in the person ofArnold Schwarzenegger, perhaps the world’s mostfamous Hummer driver, who exercized his preferencefor an enormous ride long before GM came out with aconsumer version of the military utility vehicle.

It was really no surprise that “Arnold” won the elec-tion; what has surprised, however, is his remarkablygreen leanings on issues like offshore oil drilling and,yes, clean vehicles, where he appears to be taking a moreliberal Hollywood line, even advocating construction ofa hydrogen fueling corridor.

Schwarzenegger has even named an environmentalactivist, Environment Now chief Terry Tamminen, ashead of the California EPA.

Still in the planning stages is conversion of at leastone of Schwarzenegger’s personal Hummer vehicles tohydrogen. Hoping to win the work is Hermosa Beach-and Utah-based Tai Robinson of IntergalacticHydrogen, who has reworked an H1 Hummer tooperate on fuels ranging from diesel (and hencebiodiesel) through compressed natural gas all the way tohydrogen. The vehicle is owned by Angel’s NestRetreats of Taos, N.M., a self-sustaining, off-grid com-munity. Angel’s Nest will operate it on reclaimedcooking oil and plans to install an electrolytic hydrogen

generation unit that will run on electricity derived fromwind and solar energy.

For more on incoming Governor Schwarzenegger’senvironmental plan, —See Page 5

ITS-Davis: EV Key?The Institute of Transportation Studies atUC Davis has emerged as a key center offuel cell vehicle research – and inquiry intowhat it takes to get consumers to drive green.

—See Page 12

AC Rocks BibendumAC Propulsion stands by its batteries:argues, with a competition-winning car,that the battery EV is viable, especially withfast-emerging lithium ion battery tech-nology. And that drive to Vegas? No sweat.

—See Page 11

The Electric Drive Transportation Association board at the close of the EVS-20 Automotive Roundtable here yesterdayevening: they are Michael Saft, Ken Stewart, Ed Riddell (seated), Ed LaRocque, Bob Stempel, Mike Schwarz, BobSchomber, Doug West (seated), and Frank Ingriselli. EDTA hosted nearly 2,000 public ride-and-drive participants overthe weekend and has 107 exhibiting companies at this year’s meeting.

EVS-20 Monday Schedule — Page 14

Take a Gorilla Home with You

EDTA Lays Its PlansYour host organization set forth its agendafor the coming year here Saturday.

—See Page 7

The Plug-In Hybrid EVStudents have built them. Can, and will, theOEMs? Daimler and EPRI are going to try.

—See Page 13

Instant FC Payoff?AeroVironment e-plane could make fuelcells profitable even at today’s prices.

—See Page 9

Hydrogen-Capable Hummer Here

Huntington Beach-based Gorilla Vehicles is givingaway a Gorilla vehicle.

—See Page 3

Tai Robinson of Intergalactic Hydrogen with the hydrogen-capable Angel’s Next H1 Hummer here. He’s hoping to helpaccelerate hydrogen vehicle commercialization — and alsoto find hardware here to hybridize such vehicles.

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Dear EVS-20 Delegate:Welcome to the twentieth anniver-sary of the international electricvehicle symposium and exposition,EVS-20: Powering SustainableTransportation. On behalf of theorganizing body for this importantand on-going conference series, theWorld Electric Vehicle Association(WEVA), we thank you for coming.EVS-20, in addition to being animportant learning and businessopportunity, also celebrates the sig-nificant progress that has been, andcontinues to be, made in commer-cializing battery and hybrid electricvehicles, and to explore prospectsfor future fuel cell electric vehiclesand supporting infrastructure.

While the venue for this year’ssymposium is the U.S., the very sig-nificant number of exhibitors,delegates and press from each ofour regions makes EVS-20 truly aninternational gathering. A tour of

the impressive Exposition Hall,time spent “behind the wheel” ofthe vehicles included in the ride-and-drive, or time spent learningfrom the more than 200 interna-tional experts who will speak duringthe Symposium, will testify to therapid advancement in technologyand markets for electric drive fromAsia to Europe to North America.

The international electric vehicleseries, which began in the late1960’s as a largely academic gath-ering has grown into an importantbusiness forum while still retainingthe best of the academic programthat helped to solidify its reputationas the premier forum for up-to-the-minute information from thoseleading research, technology devel-opment, market studies, policyadvocacy and infrastructure deploy-ment work underway across theglobe.

We are proud of the historyof the series, and are certain thatEVS-20: Powering SustainableTransportation will continue the richtradition of capturing the best fromprior events while expanding and“updating” each new event to bestrespond to the needs of theindustry.

We are confident that you willleave EVS-20 with a broad, and in-depth understanding of not only the

current state of battery, hybrid andfuel cell electric vehicle develop-ment, but also of the policy, marketand infrastructure issues that arecritical to the building of long-termand worldwide markets for thesesustainable transportation tech-nologies.

Even as EVS-20 opens today,WEVA members already areworking together to plan EVS-21:Born to be Clean, Act Now forSustainable Mobility which will beheld April 4-6, 2005 in MonteCarlo, Monaco and EVS-22:Moving to Sustainable Transportation,which will be held in Yokohama,Japan in 2006.

These events promise to buildupon the best features of EVS-20while also being innovative toaddress the ever-changing status ofthe electric drive industry.

We sincerely hope you benefitfrom your time at EVS-20, and thatyou will make plans now to join usin Monte Carlo in 2005!

Sincerely,

The Standing Members of theWorld Electric Vehicle Association, Ed LaRocque, chairman of EDTA, theElectric Drive Transportation Association

Hisashi Ishitani, chairman of EVAAP, theElectric Vehicle Association of Asia-Pacific

Urban Karlstom, chairman, AVERE, theEuropean Road Electric Vehicle Association

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EVS-20 Beginning World DriveTo Sustainable Transportation

Keep your eyes peeled and youmight go home with a Gorilla thatdoesn’t run on bananas nor evengasoline, but electricity.

Huntington Beach-basedGorilla Vehicles is giving awayone of its battery utility vehiclesat a drawing to be held hereTuesday. All you’vegot to do is watch forthe picture of twopeople on a Gorillalike the one shown atright as you tour the various

exhibitor booths, note wherethey are, and fill out an entryform at the EDTA/WEVA booth.

The drawing will be held atlunch in the exhibit hall at noonTuesday.

You must be present to win! “Head Gorilla” Rick Doran

promises a whole newvehicle from his com-pany early next year.

We’ll have more onGorilla (Booth 846) in

ShowTimes tomorrow.

EDTA chair Ed LaRocque, AVERE chair Urban Karlstom, and EVAAP chairHisashi Ishitani welcome you to EVS-20, where sustainable transport is key.

‘Head Gorilla’ Rick Doran with the vehicle he’ll give away here tomorrow.

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Electrovaya’s ‘Superpolymer’Canada’s Electrovaya is promoting its lithium ion“Superpolymer” battery technology at Booth 635. Thecompany claims “significantlyhigher energy density thanany other rechargeable bat-tery technology currently incommercial production,”expressed as 470 watt-hours per liter. “Our lithium ionpolymer technology allows us to make batteries in thinsheets that we can stack, fold or otherwise shape to fit thedesired form,” the company says. The Mississauga, Ont.-based firm recently publicized a deal with Exide to developvarious commercial applications for the Superpolymer bat-teries, including battery and hybrid electric vehicles.Electrovaya has a compact SUV technology demonstrator itcalls the Maya 100 here at EVS-20.

UQM Technologies for FastecUQM (Booth 726) is providing an 89-pound, 53-kilowatt (71-horsepower),permanent magnet brushless DC motordesignated Caliber EV-53 for an experi-

mental fuel cell airplane under development byMassachusetts-based Fastec. The airplane is to fly first withlithium ion batteries and later with a PEM fuel cell fromLynntech Industries, of College Station, Texas.

Yazaki’s Electrical SolutionsConnectors, wire harnesses, junction boxes and instrumen-tation from Yazaki Corp, a 120,000-employee company withits U.S. headquarters in Canton, Mich., are being promotedat Booth 800 here. Yazaki offers various battery and othercables and connectors for electric vehicles including shieldedhardware that eliminates EMI (electromagnetic interfer-ence) problems. Yazaki is supplying several key componentsfor Toyota’s 2004 Prius, including a two-pole inverter con-nection system with wire harness connectors, shieldedaluminum EMI cables, and header connectors. It’s a criticalpart of the car, as it connects the vehicle’s battery pack to theinverter that converts direct current from the battery toalternating current to drive the front wheels, Yazaki says.

Saminco Backs Buckeye MarkA 500-horsepower AC drive from Saminco powers the OhioState University Buckeye Bullet, which set a new land speedrecord for electric vehi-cles at the World SpeedFinals at the BonnevilleSalt Flats last month. “The new official record is 256.894mph,” Saminco reports. The company (Booth 242) providesmotor and controllers for numerous vehicles, including earlyBallard fuel cell-powered buses that were tested in Chicagoand Vancouver, new DaimlerChrysler buses with Ballardstacks for testing in European cities, and various heavy-dutymining and utility vehicles worldwide.

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S N A P S H O T SS N A P S H O T S

“Whereas last year we could only talkabout what we were doing with fuelcells and show only some of ouradvanced hybrids, this year we haveour fuel cell technology demon-strator,” says Bruce Wood, director ofJohn Deere ePower Technologies.

Deere ePower is at Booth 127. The famous green tractor maker’s

CWV, for Commercial Work Vehicle,“may be the most advanced off-roadfuel cell vehicle in the world,” Woodsays. It’s got a low-pressure (hencequiet) fuel cell from Hydrogenics

(Booth 627) fed from a 5,000-psilightweight tank from Canada’sDynetek.

The Deere CWV has a Solectriadrivetrain. It has four-wheel driveand steering, and full drive-by-wirecapability that allow the vehicle tobe driven by remote control orrobotically (steering encoder bythe international SKF Group).

It has a power strip on the backwhich draws power from the fuel cell,allowing the CWV to act as a 20-kilo-watt generator.

“We have also built a diesel electricversion of the same vehicle. It hasjoined the Army and will be on displayin the U.S. Army NAC booth,” Woodsays. (Booth 235).

Deere ePower has also brought anew triplex Greens Mower and twobattery electric John Deere E-Gators,one on display and one in the ride-and-drive.

Deere Brings Its Fuel Cell CWV,Has Built Military Diesel Hybrid

Electric drive vehicle pioneer RayGeddes, former head of UniqueMobility (now UQM Technologies),was inducted into the EV Hall ofFame here Saturday.

Geddes passed awayon September 9.

He joined UQM in1982 and served on theboard of the group nowknown as the ElectricDrive TransportationAssociation since itsinception in 1989.

“EDTA lost a trueleader,” said associa-tion chairman Doug West of Toyota.

Geddes had been with Ford since1961, where, as GT and Sports CarManager, he worked closely with LeeIacocca and was responsible for suchclassic vehicles as the Shelby Cobra,and the Mustang GT 350/500.

After leaving UQM, Geddes estab-lished General Energy TechnologiesInternational, which focused on cleanvehicle opportunities in Asian mar-kets, particularly in China. He helpeddevelop a lightweight stainless steel

bus chassis, suitable for clean electricdrive technology, with Michigan’sAutokinetics, and gave word late thispast summer that he was running the

U.S. end of a UnitedNations effort to pairWestern companieswith firms in China inthe electric transporta-tion field.

He also served onthe board of AzureDynamics, which ispromoting hybrid dri-vetrain technology thathas made significant

inroads with the Canadian packagedelivery specialist Purolator Courierand more recently with the U.S. PostOffice, which is to test gasoline- anddiesel-fueled Azure hybrids.

Azure’s Nigel Fitzpatrick, EdRiddell of Avestor, and Ford veteranJohn Wallace also eulogized Geddes.

He was “one of the industry’s great-est champions and a moving force,”Wallace said. “He was always there.”

Geddes is survived by his wife JayneGeddes, who is here this week.

The Late Pioneer Ray Geddes Named to the EV Hall of Fame

Jim Musser of Deere ePower and fuel cell CWV.

EV Hall of Famer Ray Geddes

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Schwarzenegger’s Swearing-In Is Today:He May Be Very Good for Clean Vehicles

EVs are making faster inroads in the industrialsector than they are on the highway, saysToyota Material Handling USA (Booth 535).

Toyota sold its first electric lift truck in theU.S. in 1975, the company reports, and todaysuch vehicles represent more than one-third ofits U.S. group’s total sales.

“The industrial market has evolved ahead ofthe consumer automotive market, due largelyto operational requirements within theindustry,” TMHU says. “In 1977, 40% of lifttrucks sold in the U.S. were electric; todaythat number has increased to more than 60%.”

“This sector of our business will continue togrow,” says Dr. Shankar Basu, TMHU presi-dent and CEO. AC technology, he says, allowselectric lift trucks to match the power of hisfirm’s internal combustion competition.

Toyota MHU is promoting electric tow tractors.

Industrial Outpaces Road EVs

The show floor is abuzz with opening day excite-ment here at EVS-20, but 400 miles to ournorth, in Sacramento, there’s another kind ofbuzz. Today Arnold Schwarzenegger is beinginaugurated as California’s new governor.

In addition to a political change, the historicevent signifies a social and culturalchange for California. While mostof the national and internationalpress focused on the excitement ofthe recall campaign and on theformer action movie star turnedpolitical candidate, observers in theelectric, hybrid and fuel cell trans-portation industry have watchedwith interest as the governor-electprepared to implement his cam-paign vision.

The official joinarnold.com website outlinesan ambitious environmental agenda that bodeswell for the clean transportation industry. Thefirst bullet in the Action Plan for California’sEnvironment calls for cutting air pollution

statewide by up to 50%.“Breathing clean and healthy air is a right of

all Californians, especially our children, whosehealth suffers disproportionately when our air ispolluted. The future health of California’s envi-ronment and economy depend on our taking

action now,” the statement reads.How will he do it? Schwarzenegger proposes to

create a public-private partnershipto put in place a network ofhydrogen fueling stations – every20 miles on California’s majorinterstate highways – by 2010. Healso says he will fight for federaldollars for hydrogen fuel develop-ment and expedite private efforts to

build and mass-market competitively pricedcleaner fuel cars, buses, trucks and generators inCalifornia before 2010.

One way to build the market is to direct stateagencies and encourage local and federal govern-ment fleets to use the cleanest vehicles that are

commercially available - and he says he intendsto do just that.

Schwarzenegger also intends to make moreclean-fuel choices, including compressed naturalgas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG),ethanol, hydrogen, electric, low-sulfur and non-petroleum diesel blends, available to consumers.

Late last week, Schwarzenegger’s transitionteam announced that the secretary of the state’sEnvironmental Protection Agency would be LosAngeles environmentalist Terry Taminnen.Taminnen was executive director of theEnvironment Now Foundation in Santa Monica.He founded Santa Monica Baykeeper and co-founded several Waterkeeper programs.

“I look forward to helping the governorimplement the bold environmental plan that heset forth during the campaign,” Tamminen saidin a statement.

CalEPA houses the California Air ResourcesBoard, the agency charged with implementingthe state’s air quality rules such as the infamousZero-Emission Vehicle regulation.

Today, he’s the Governor.

“Prior to launch we had more than 10,000advance orders, fleet and retail,” Ed LaRocque,national manager for advanced technologyvehicles, says of Toyota’s2004 model year Prius,which hit the streets onOctober 17.

By the end of Octobermore than 4,000 hadbeen delivered.

Toyota expects toproduce 40,000 Priuscars in 2004, more than double the 2002 tally.

“We now have more than 150,000 Priuses onthe road worldwide and we’ve got 60,000 in theUnited States,” he says.

The hybrid electric Prius is available at allToyota dealers. “We have transitioned now tothe mainstream market,” LaRocque says.

He acknowledges that Prius has enjoyed

“unprecedented” attention inthe media, and told ShowTimesthat the Prius section ofToyota’s website gets more hitsthan any other, even themarket-leading Camry.

This year’s Prius is largerthan the original, has loweremissions, and is more pow-erful, going from zero to 60mph in 10.1 seconds, which is2.5 seconds faster than theoriginal car. The Prius is quitecomparable to a Toyota Camrywith a 2.4-liter engine, yet itshybrid architecture allows it to achieve this witha 1.5-liter engine.

New this year too is Toyota’s “Synergy”hybrid drive.

LaRocque confirms that Toyota will offer ahybrid electric version of the Lexus RX-330luxury SUV for model year 2005, and that othermodels are planned.

Nothing’s official yet, but “If I were a betting

man, I would predict Toyota will offer a mid-sizehybrid SUV sometime in 2005.” That vehicle iswidely expected to be a hybrid Highlander (thesame platform Toyota is using for its develop-mental fuel cell vehicles).

Besides his post with Toyota, LaRocqueis chairman of the World Electric VehicleAssociation (WEVA) and co-chairman of thisweek’s EVS-20 conference.

Ed LaRocque of Toyota

C E N T E R S T A G E

Toyota Claims the Hybrid Lead with PriusEd LaRocqueNational Manager, ATVsToyota Motor Sales USA (Booth 327)

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The California Fuel Cell Partnership plans tohelp members place approximately 300 fuelcell vehicles for independent demonstrationprojects through 2007, with most of them tobe in the Sacramento-San Francisco regionand Los Angeles.

Also planned is the construction of addi-tional hydrogen fueling stations to support theindependent trials.

“CaFCP and its members plan to worktogether to help prepare local communities forfuel cell vehicles and fueling by training localofficials, facilitating permit processes andsharing lessons learned,” says the WestSacramento-based group, which also plansadditional public outreach and education.

CaFCP is at Booth 135 here.

Cal Fuel Cell PartnershipSets Fleets & Fuel Demos

Toyota’s fuel cell hybrid vehicle under the hood.

Toyota Prius was the biggest draw at EVS-20’s weekend ride-and-drive.

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A more aggressive lobbying agenda, steppedup public outreach and increased efforts inter-nationally figure into the Electric DriveTransportation Association gameplan for 2004,president Kateri Callahan and chairman DougWest of Toyota said atthe annual members’meeting here Saturday.

Policy initiatives tobe pursued in the U.S.Congress include a$200 million programto accelerate the use ofalternative fuel vehicles,a $25 million batterysecond use program, and $2.1 billion hydrogeninfrastructure and fuel cell electric vehicle initia-tive at the U.S. Department of Energy.

A related, $765 million FCEV program willbe pursued via a federal highway reauthorizationbill that’s due for consideration in next year.

“EDTA is planning a major educational cam-paign targeted at Congress,” said West, whonoted that it’s critical for clean vehicle programsnot only to be authorized, but funded.

Also on the EDTA lobbying agenda are estab-lishment of a new heavy duty hybrid electric

truck program, expansion of EPAct (EnergyPolicy Act) fleet acquisition rules to includehybrid a neighborhood electric vehicles, andelectrification of truck stops to reduce dieselidling.

EDTA will work to educate insurers aboutNEVs, with the goal of establishing a nationalinsurance framework for the new and increas-ingly popular vehicle category, Callahan said.

The organization held 11 electric drive vehicleride-and-drive events around the country lastyear and plans more for 2004, she said. Therewill also be more bus workshops (one will beheld here later this week, too).

The electricdrive.org EDTA website,which gets approximately 15,000 visits permonth, will be revamped. EDTA will continue touse the site to boost communication withCongress, Callahan said, noting that more than2,700 letters to legislators were generated this year.

EDTA added 15 new members this year,Callahan said, for a total of nearly 90 now.

The association will continue to increase itsinternational efforts. Callahan said that of the107 exhibitors here this year, and more than 900pre-registrants, approximately 20 percent arefrom Asia (including a delegation of 12 people

from Nepal) and about 15 percent from Europe. EDTA’s 2004 agenda will be formalized at a

December 3 board meeting in New York City,West said.

Also discussed here Saturday were plans forETIC 2004 conference, which will be heldSeptember 21-24 in Kissimmee, Fla. There willbe policy forums to link electric vehicle issues topolitical campaigns, including the presidentialelection, and a short course on electric drivevehicles for the media.

EDTA Plans to Broaden Lobbying Efforts,Education and International Involvement

Ed Riddell of Avestor (at left) and former EDTA chairJohn Wallace with Jayne Geddes as her husband,the late Ray Geddes, was inducted into the new EVHall of Fame here Saturday.

EDTA’s Kateri Callahan

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Azure Drivetrains Make Serious Fleet ProgressVancouver- and Toronto-based Azure Dynamics has notched a commercial sale of hybrid electrictrucks to Purolator Courier, as the Canadian package delivery specialist has agreed, following suc-cessful all-weather trials of prototype vehicles, to purchase 30 diesel-fueled, Ford-chassis’d, 16-footseries hybrid trucks for use in Toronto. Purolator may then take 400 per year beginning in 2005, Azuresays, and could replace the majority of its 3,700 urban delivery vehicles. Word of the Purolator deallate last summer was followed by news last month that the U.S. Postal Service would test two differentAzure vehicles for its own huge fleet. Azure says it will develop a prototype gasoline hybrid electricpowertrain for the Post Office’s carrier route vehicle and a prototype diesel hybrid electric powertrainfor the U.S.P.S. two-ton step van. The U.S. Post Office operates approximately 140,000 CRVs and10,000 step vans, Azure says. The postal trials will emphasize the hybrid trucks’ operating economics.

Dynetek Hydrogen Tanks on New Mitsubishi FCVCalgary-based Dynetek Industries reports delivery of an onboard hydrogen fuel storage system toMitsubishi for the Japanese OEM’s new fuel cell test vehicle. Dynetek makes thinwall aluminum-linedfuel cylinders with a full outer wrap of high strength carbon fiber, initiallydesigned for compressed natural gas but now supporting a substantial portion ofthe world’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicles too. Dynetek is providing certified 350bar/5,000 psi hydrogen fuel cylinders to Mitsubishi. “The storage system has been certified in Japan toReijikiun Betlan-9 standard with approval by KHK and in Germany under TUV,” Dynetek says.

Police Safety Keys Dallas Drive for CNG CarsThe police in Dallas are considering converting 175 new, model year 2003 Ford Crown Victoriasedans to compressed natural gas fuel because CNG is safer than gasoline. Of particular concern arerear-end collisions that have resulted in Crown Vics being destroyed by gasoline-fed fires, on multipleoccasions killing officers inside, one of them in Dallas.

Cleveland Seen Next Taker of New Flyer HybridsThe Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority may be the next taker of60-foot hybrid electric buses with GM-Allison drivetrains from New Flyer.GCRTA is eyeing the articulated vehicles for a BRT project along the city’sEuclid Avenue. BRT has displaced light rail as a far more economical answerto improved transportation needs, a GCRTA spokesman said. His agency is expected to purchase 21vehicles, with an option for as many as 50 more, similar to the five New Flyer Invero buses ordered byOregon’s Lane Transit for a BRT project in Eugene. The 26 vehicles would enter service in 2006.

Solectria Hybrid Truck Said ‘Investment-Grade’Close attention to the use profiles of prospective operators has resulted in a hybrid electric vehicledesign that, assuming a production run of 1,000 units, will allow fleet operators to recoup their invest-ment in about three years, says Dean McGrew, sales and marketing director at Massachusetts-basedSolectria, who recently wrapped a national tour with a Kenworth T300 Class VII truck outfitted withSolectria’s new “Super 7” hybrid drive. “For the first time in the history of our company we’ve gotsomething that pays back to the buyer in a relatively quick period,” McGrew says. The heart of theSuper 7 system is a heavy duty Solectria controller capable of handling wide voltage variances, withpower stored in an array of ultracapacitors from Korea’s Nesscap (Booth 844).

Terminate This“It is a ridiculous rumor,” California Fuel Cell Partnership spokesman Joe Irvin said when asked lastmonth about a report that incoming California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would “terminate”the CaFCP (Booth 135). For one thing, says Irvin, the Governor’s office has no control over CaFCPbeyond the participation of state agencies. And if the state pulls out, he says, “We’d go on without it.”Schwarzenegger, said a published report, favors an organization modeled along Republican lines.

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F L E E T S & F U E L SF L E E T S & F U E L S

Vectrix and partners including ParkerHannifin (Booth 1135) are showingthe prototype version of an electricscooter powered by an 800-wattdirect-methanol fuel cell.

The use of liquid methanol fueleffectively solves hydrogen handlingproblems. The Vectrix scooter is saidto have a range of more than 150 miles.

The fuel cell scooter outperforms a400cc gasoline scooter “in every way,”says Rhode Island-based Vectrix. Itis aimed “at executive commuters,young urban dwellers, fleet operatorsand municipalities.”

Stop by Booth 943 to learn how twoaffiliates of the giant Canadian utilityHydro-Quebec are supplying keycomponentry for a French EV projectwith Dassault (Falcon Jet) as a partner.

The goal is “a primarily electricvehicle that meets market expecta-tions,” the principals said in disclosingthe project early this year.

The two Hydro-Quebec sub-sidiaries are Avestor, which makeslithium metal polymer batteries andTM4, which makes motors and otheradvanced drivetrain parts.

The principal shareholders inFrance’s new SVE (Societé de VéhiculesÉlectriques) are Dassault of high per-formance aircraft fame and the HenriHeuliez Group. SVE is building a lineof EVs, including hybrids. The firstexamples were unveiled in France thispast summer.

Hydro-Quebec forDassault-Heuliez

French EV: Avestor batteries, TM4 drive.

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One possible Vectrix scooter body style.

Fuel Cell ScootersOn Direct Methanol

The crash of the NASA-AeroVironment Helioselectric airplane off the Hawaiian island of Kauaimight prove to be a boon to AeroVironment(Booth 310) as the firm works to commercializesuch craft, in lieu of satellites, for the telecom-munications industry.

According to AeroVironment VP StuartHindle, “This might actually accelerate themigration to the next-generation, commerciallyoptimized system.”

Were it not for the accident, he explains,AeroVironment might have continued workwith the “sub-optimal” prototype indefinitely.

Helios, an unmanned electric airplane thatheld the world altitude record for non-rocketpowered craft (96,863 feet), experienced controlproblems causing it to crash from just 3,000 feeton June 26.

The early summer flight was to have seen theHelios fuel cell system engaged in the strato-sphere for the first time.

AeroVironment was using a General Motorsfuel cell stack acquired though GM affiliate

Hydrogenics (Booth 627). Besides making for a new business for

AeroVironment, the telecom project is seen asspeeding the commercialization of fuel cells, asthe same size unit needed to power a car wouldpower the AeroVironment aircraft.

“This same fuel cell,” Hindle says, has thepotential to generate “tens of millions of dollarsin telecom revenue per year.” AeroVironment’snascent telecom venture is called SkyTower.

The goal is for the electric airplane to use acombination of solar power and cryogenic

hydrogen to stay aloft for weeks at a time — andindefinitely in latitudes where there is adequatesunlight.

AeroVironment expects SkyTower commer-cialization in markets currently lacking telecominfrastructure, where “launch of a single plat-form could provide instant state-of-the-arttelecommunications capability.”

“Production versions of these aircraft willoperate continuously for weeks to months in thestratosphere, above the weather and commercialair traffic,” AeroVironment says, “enabling mul-tiple, high-value commercial and governmentapplications, including low cost telecommunica-tions services, environmental monitoring, as wellas homeland security and defense applications.”

AeroVironment is promoting its Posi-Chargebrand fast-charge knowhow here at EVS-20.The firm has emphasized such off-road marketsas forklifts and airport ground support equip-ment of late, and has also stepped up its work onheavy vehicles, with the U.S. military as a keypotential market.

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June 26 Crash of AeroVironment HeliosSeen Giving a Lift to E-Airplane Program

“We’re going to have the safest NEV on theroad,” EV Works CEO Diego Miralles saysabout his two-door hatchback Rcar sedan thatwill hit California roads in March or April.

If the company raises the capital it’sseeking to complete necessar y NHTSAtesting, Miralles says a city car version of thesame sedan will be available in late 2004.

And the price will be the same for either —about $10,000.

Rcar is the U.S. brand name for the two-seater made in India by Reva. A city-class carthere and in the UK, (brand name GoingGreen), Rcar features front-end crumplebumpers, a steel space frame, and side-impactdoor beams. Miralles says the added featureswill help the vehicle pass NHTSA tests. Checkit out at WestStart-Calstart’s Booth 743.

EV Works CEO Diego Miralles with Reva Rcar EV

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Electric Vehicle Technologies (Booth 811) ispromoting capabilities ranging from advancedelectric bicycles up through scooters and trailvehicles, all the way to its own proton exchangemembrane fuel cells — and beyond.

“This is a lot more than a bike company,” saysVP/GM Dave Haskell. “We plan to move on tolarger vehicles,” he says, “to design affordable,reliable two-wheel transportation and to scale

that up to four-wheel transportation.” EVT claims motors and controls that, coupled

with energy-dense nickel metal hydride bat-teries, give its Elite electric bicycles the longestrange in the industry, about 30 miles withoutpedaling. New from EVT are road-capable (30mph) scooters dubbed Equinox and Ion, said tobe the first all-electric, zero-emission motorscooters designed for public roads.

Lab work indicates that EVT’s PEM devicewill be more efficient than others now enteringuse, Haskell says, promising further details in thesecond quarter of 2004.

He also hints of an all new, “beyond-the-fuel-cell” product, likewise to be unveiled next year.

People test-riding EVT products here getcoupons good for $250 toward the price of ascooter or $100 toward an Elite series bike.

Vancouver-based Dynasty Motorcar (Booth 915) istaking the occasion of EVS-20 to unveil the latest“Sport” addition to its IT (for innovative trans-portation) line of neighborhood electric vehicles.

The IT Sport includes a soft removable top,side-door ventilation panels, “and several advance-ments in engineering design,” says Dynasty,claiming to offer drivers “the opportunity to drivean environmentally benign car while still main-taining the appeal of a chic modern vehicle.”

“The trend towards transportation alternativesthat have less impact on the environment continuesto grow,” says Dynasty president Dean MacKay.

“IT cars complement the lifestyles of our cus-tomers with a sense of style and fun, as well asoffering a cost-efficient, 100% clean transportationalternative.”

Dynasty relocated from Kelowna, B.C. toVancouver when it merged with 50-year-oldCommercial Body Builders Ltd., bringing produc-tion expertise to the EV enterprise.

The firm is targeting customers in more than30,000 gated communities in North America aswell as urban fleets, resorts, parks, airports, militarycomplexes and educational campuses.

Dynasty cites studies indicating that 60% of pas-senger cars travel less than 15 miles per day andthat most trips are for errands within their commu-nity. IT cars “can travel at full speed, withoutvehicle noise or air pollution, for 30 miles withoutrecharging, meeting the majority of the needs ofdrivers on a daily basis,” Dynasty says.

The IT Sport is priced at about $13,000 U.S.

IT Sport battery EV from Canada’s Dynasty Motorcar.

From e-Bikes to Fuel Cells – and Beyond

Dynasty Sport NEVUnveiled at EVS-20

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The lithium ion electric tzero sportster emergedvictorious hands-down at the recent MichelinChallenge Bibendum, says developer ACPropulsion, and its showing supports AC’s con-tention that, contrary to popular perceptions,battery electric vehicles represent a viable tech-nology today.

“We are proud of the performance turned inby our tzero,” AC Propulsion founder and tzerodesigner Alan Cocconi said in a post-Bibendumrelease, “and we are pleased that a battery elec-tric car beat all the conventional cars and trucks,all the natural gas vehicles, all the hybrids, and allthe fuel cell vehicles that entered the ChallengeBibendum.

“It shows that electric vehicles have more

potential than the current con-ventional wisdom would liketo admit.”

The tzero uses off-the-shelflithium ion batteries fromKorea’s LG Chem (Booth 1035).

AC Propulsion brought aVolkswagen Jetta modified forplug-in hybrid operation tothe EVS-20 ride-and-drive,and according to companypresident Tom Gage plans tooffer a new EV with lithium

ion batteries next year, possibly based on theToyota Scion xB.

Meanwhile the tzero, AC says, garnered sixAs, two Bs and two Cs for a solid 3.40 overallaverage at the Bibendum trials at the InfineonRaceway near San Francisco late in September.

“None of the other 49 cars and light trucksentered could muster an average higher than3.20 over the 10 grades given for driving per-formance and environmental impact,” AC says.

“In the important acceleration, emissions, andefficiency tests, the tzero got straight As, the onlyentry to do so,” said Cocconi. “Everyone knocksEVs for limited range, but after the toughBibendum efficiency run, Michelin rated thetzero at 240 miles of range. When we pointed

out an error in their EV range calculations, theyagreed that 280 miles was a more accuratenumber.

“That’s enough to ease most people’s rangeanxiety. It’s far better than the best fuel cell car.”

The lithium ion tzero was driven for the firsttime late this past August. The vehicle weighs inat just 2,000 pounds. As a complete car, AC says,the Li-ion tzero has higher specific energy,measured in watt-hours per kilogram, than thebattery pack of the Toyota RAV4-EV alone.

“We thank Michelin for putting on an openevent like the Challenge Bibendum,” saidCocconi. “It is meant for fun, and we had a greattime, but the results really do mean something.They show how various technologies can per-form, head-to-head, outside the laboratory,closer to the real world.

“In this event, our car, using mass-produced,fully-commercialized Li Ion batteries showedthat electric cars are ready to run. We enteredand completed every event, and overall the tzerocame out on top. By the way, we drove the tzeroto the racetrack from Los Angeles, over 500miles. That is the real world. As far as I know,”said Cocconi, “most of the other entries arrivedon trailers.”

Cocconi was a key participant in GM’s designprocess for the EV1 battery electric vehicle.

San Dimas, Calif.-based AC Propulsionplans to offer a new lithium ion-batterypowered electric vehicle possibly based onthe Toyota Scion xB wagon.

They will be full-featured EVs, able toreach 85-90 mph. Onboard battery diagnos-tics, regenerative braking, traction controlare standard, as is “Level 3” AC charging(although an Avcon connector is optional).Also standard will be power brakes, steering,windows, locks and mirrors. AC’s electricScion xB wagons will also feature bi-direc-tional power, meaning they incorporate ACcircuitry allowing electricity from the bat-teries to provide power offboard the vehicle.

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AC Propulsion’s Tom Gage with plug-in hybrid Jetta at the ride-and-drive.

AC Says Victory Vindicates Battery Car,Brings a Plug-In Hybrid, Plans a New EV

The pesky question Angelenos almost always askabout electric vehicles is, “Yeah, but can I drive itto Las Vegas?”

Yeah, you can drive it to Las Vegas, says ACPropulsion, at least you can if your EV is an ACtzero with lithium ion batteries. AC president TomGage recently did so to attend the SpecialtyEquipment Market Association show, a majorautomotive aftermarket exhibition.

“We drove the tzero, and although we stoppedin Baker for a strawberry milkshake at the Mad

Greek, we did not charge at all until we got toLas Vegas.

“As far as we know,” Gage says, “this was thefirst-ever drive from Los Angeles (County) to LasVegas in an electric vehicle without stopping tocharge.”

Interstate 15 to Las Vegas includes twoclimbs, the Cajon Pass and Baker Grade, bothwith about 3,500 feet of elevation gain. “Thetzero never faltered and arrived in Las Vegas, 245miles from AC Propulsion headquarters in SanDimas, with at least 40 miles of reserve range,”Gage reports.

“The tzero’s Li-ion battery and high energy effi-ciency got us to Las Vegas. Its onboard,plug-in-anywhere charger kept us going. Westayed with friends right in town, and upon arrivalplugged into the outlet for their electric clothesdryer, had dinner, talked and went to bed. In themorning the tzero was fully charged.

“That’s the great thing about electricity, it’salready available just about anywhere.”

AC’s Battery Electric xB

AC Propulsion’s tzero: the Ferrari of the EV world.

AC eyeing Scion xBs to convert to electricity.

The Real Range Barometer: L.A.-Vegas

The University of California at Davis hasfor a dozen years hosted the Institute ofTransportation Studies, now one of the world’sforemost centers for learning about hydrogenand fuel cells in vehicles.

ITS-Davis is researching matters ranging fromvehicle design to fueling — and gauging what itwill take to make hydrogen and fuel cell vehiclesacceptable to consumers.

Given a societal tendency to drive more vehi-cles farther, worsening air pollution andnecessitating increasing levels of imported oil,

“It’s becoming moreurgent that somethingbe done,” ITS-Davisdirector Dan Sperlingsaid as his organizationhosted an open houselast month.

Sperling has some25 years of experience

in alternative fuels including synfuels, ethanol,methanol and natural gas, and has seen all ofthem sputter in the marketplace.

“It appears that hydrogen and fuel cells are dif-ferent,” he said, as they afford a real opportunityto produce far more efficient and economicalautomobiles that consumers will want to buy.

The Davis occasion saw the delivery by Toyotaof the second Toyota FCHV (for fuel cell hybridvehicle) for evaluation at UC Davis, the first suchvehicle with left-hand drive for American roads(see story below).

Among the projects at ITS-Davis,• a Hydrogen Fueling Station, with hardwarefrom Air Products & Chemicals, now in place at

the maintenance yard of the student-runUnitrans transit agency. • a Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas Bus, to runon a mixture of 30% hydrogen and 70%com-pressed natural gas. The Blue Bird bus has an8.1-liter John Deere engine that’s been recali-brated for HCNG. The mixture allows theengine to run cooler, with NOx emissions reduc-tions on the order of 90 to 95%. • the Fuel Cell Vehicle Research Program,engaged in “the first public evaluation ofAmerican consumer reaction to fuel cell automo-tive technology.” Includes calculation of truelife-cycle costs. • Hydrogen Pathways Research Program, evalu-ating the technical, economic, business and policyimplications of a hydrogen-based transportationsystem from “a critically important interdiscipli-nary perspective.” • a Fuel Cell Research Bus, actually a veteranvehicle built at Georgetown University in 1994with an onboard methanol-and-water reformerproducing hydrogen for a phosphoric acid fuelcell. The 30-foot vehicle “offers UC Davisresearchers a unique opportunity to examine life-time issues such as catalyst degradation anddurability,” says ITS. “The bus is used for auxil-iary component design, to replicate real-worlddriving conditions for testing and modeling data,and as a teaching tool in classes on methanol ref-ormation and options for producing hydrogenfrom alternative fuels.” • a Class 8 diesel truck tractor with a fuel cellauxiliary power unit, aimed at gauging the poten-tial for fuel cells to reduce truck idling by takingover “hotel loads” such as electricity for enter-tainment units. Both proton exchange membraneand propane-fueled (propane is available at truckstops) solid oxide fuel cells are being evaluated.

ITS-Davis is cooperating with the Southwest

Research Institute in Texas (SwRI), where a fuelcell is being used to power components, likepumps, that have traditionally been belt or shaft-driven. Air conditioning is an overlap area beingaddressed by both teams.

Dan Sperling of ITS-Davis

C E N T E R S T A G E

Practical Fuel Cell Research at ITS-DavisDan SperlingDirectorITS-Davis (Booth 442)

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“The road to commercialization of the fuelcell is long and there are many difficultiesalong the way,” Toyota’s Tokyo-based fuelcell chief Yoshio Kimura said at lastmonth’s open house event at ITS-Davis.

The event saw the delivery to ITS-Davisof the first left-hand drive Toyota FCHV, forfuel cell hybrid vehicle. Toyota refers tothe modified Highlander as a hybridbecause a battery pack allows for regen-erative braking.

The name is appropriate too as Toyotahas drawn technology from its market-

proven Prius hybrid sedan for the FCHV. Among the practical problems to be

solved before fuel cell cars can be com-mercialized are costs, cold weatherstarts, and the handling of hydrogen fuel,Kimura said.

Education is another key to a switch tohydrogen, Kimura said, praising theefforts of institutions like ITS-Davis.

“We must reach out to the generalpublic, to lawmakers and to regulatoryagencies, as we are doing here now,” hesaid. Toyota’s at Booth 327 here.

ITS-Davis Gets the First Real ‘American’ Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle

Toyota’s Yoshio Kimura hands over the keys to ITS-Davisdirector Dan Sperling, UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef.

Researchers at ITS-Davis earlier this yearcompleted a one-year trial of 15 Hyperminibattery electric vehicles from Nissan.

Findings indicate that, contrary to expec-tations, the small EVs generally called“commuter EVs” might be best suited forlarge cities. First impressions are largelyfavorable, the researchers found, but “favor-able impressions often turn negative aspeople start to ask questions about drivingrange, recharging time, and top speed.”

“The findings seem to contradict the small-town hypothesis,” the Davis researchers say:“they indicate that there is no evidence thatsmall towns and cities are proportionallybetter markets than large cities... severalgraduating student researchers suggestedthat a large city, such as San Francisco,would make a better market. They saw thesmall size of the vehicle as one of thegreatest potential assets in a larger urbancenter — primarily because of parking.”

Davis Tests Hyperminis Nissan Hypermini EVs with ITS-Davis students.

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Nissan (Booth 1043) is promoting its X-Trailfuel cell vehicle as a high-efficiency hybrid FCVboasting a Nissan “Super Motor” that allowspower to be delivered through two shafts,which can be controlled independently.

The vehicle has a solid polymer electrolytefuel cell stack and a laminated cell-typelithium ion battery.

Catching the eye of showgoers even moreperhaps, is the Cube, a Nissan vehicle nowavailable on the Japanese market. The vehicle,not promoted as hybrid, nonetheless has elec-trically driven rear wheels.

Advantages of the e-4WD system includereduced weight and, because there is no driveshaft to the rear axle, no space-consuming“hump” inside the car.

Nissan Cube has e-4WD electric rear-wheel drive.

Nissan Brings the Cube,Also Shows X-Trail FCV

And they could become cost-competitive withgasoline vehicles in high volume. Nickel-metalhydride batteries in today’s electric vehicleshave longer cycle life than expected, and today’sengine-dominant hybrids are driving down thecosts of components that most plug-in hybridsor full-function EVs will need.

“A plug-in HEV plugging in each night at

home would save the consumer 50% to 75% ofoperating costs,” said SCE’s Ed Kjaer (EVS-20conference co-chairman).

“PHEVs are important because electricity isthe nation’s most abundant and clean alternativefuel, with a huge potential to reduce the nation’sdependence on oil and contribution to globalwarming,” said EPRI’s Mark Duvall.

DaimlerChrysler’s Sprinter group and the ElectricPower Research Institute (EPRI) have formed analliance to build and test three plug-in hybridSprinter vans with 20 to 30 miles all-electric range.The vans, to be hybridized by Daimler inGermany, will arrive in the U.S. in late 2004 orearly 2005.

Two of the vans, gasoline-electrics, go to SouthCoast Air Quality Management District andSouthern California Edison in a $1 million project.First, the vans will undergo a controlled test inSCE’s Pomona lab. Then they’ll go into fleet use inthe Los Angeles area. The third, a diesel-electric,goes to the Kansas City Regional TransitAuthority. EPRI (Booth 419) outlines a potentiallylarger Sprinter program, with four scheduled loca-tions, four more planned, and six proposed.

In addition, four plug-in hybrid transit buses willgo into operation on Roosevelt Island, N.Y. in2005. The EPRI-led team is currently selecting abus manufacturer for the $3 million project.

Despite a general lack of OEM interest inbuilding plug-in hybrids, they are the logical nextstep to future battery EVs and fuel cells, EPRI says.

Plug-In Hybrid Sprinter Vans to be Tried

American Honda (Booth 411) isclaiming a better, simpler fuel cellstack designed to operate at tem-peratures as low as minus 20C, orminus 4F, with warm-up time saidto be just one-fifth that of a conven-tional stack.

“Cold weather operation is oneof the most significant technicalbarriers to the mass-market appli-cation of fuel cell technology,” thecompany says.

Honda has also disclosed that it'snow using its own ultracapacitors inits fuel cell vehicles, to enable theirregenerative braking.

The Honda FC stack is said tobe the world’s first to feature astamped metal separator structurecombined with newly developedelectrolyte membranes forimproved efficiency, recyclability,and operation over a greater rangeof temperatures.

It has “a simplified structurecomposed of metal separators withrubber seals that are attached in a

unique molding process,” Hondasays, reducing the number of com-ponents by almost half.

Proton conductivity at low tem-peratures is double that of aconventional stack behind the useof newly developed, non-fluorineelectrolyte membranes.

The Honda FCX fuel cell vehiclewith the new stack is said to have

improved driving range (to 180miles), with a fuel economy boost ofbetter than 10% compared to theFCX (V3) with a Ballard stack.

In addition to the Honda stack,“We’re using a Honda-designed,engineered and manufacturedultracapacitor,” says Honda alterna-tive fuel vehicles chief Steve Ellis,citing ultracaps’ durability, low

weight, and ability to absorb powerquickly and discharge it quickly, forbetter vehicle acceleration and hill-climbing performance.

Honda is using compressedhydrogen fuel tanks from StructuralComposites Industries (Harsco) ofPomona, Calif. for its FCX vehicles.

“The customer is operating thevehicle on a daily basis,” Ellis saysin reference to FCX cars placedwith the City of Los Angeles.

The vehicle, he says, is “fully cer-tified for use on public roads streetsand highways, in the hands of apaying customer.”

The Honda FCX has standardlicense plates, he notes.

A Honda fuel cell vehicle is beingdeployed in San Francisco in addi-tion to the ones in Los Angeles.

Honda is working with PlugPower on a natural gas-fed HomeEnergy Station to make hydrogenfor vehicle fueling and for pro-viding electricity and hot water tothe home.

•ShowTimes magazine will be the official show publication.

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1A FUEL CELLS — ROOM 201FORD MOTOR COMPANY; NISSAN MOTOR CO., LDT; HYUNDAI MOTOR CO.;HONDA R&D AMERICAS, INC.

1B ADVANCED BATTERIES — ROOM 202AVESTOR; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION; MES-DEA

1C DRIVE SYSTEMS — ROOM 203FORD MOTOR COMPANY; SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY; LUND UNIVERSITY;IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

1D MARKETING/MARKET RESEARCH — SEASIDE AUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS HEV CENTER; VEL2 PROJECT; THE

UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG; WESTSTART-CALSTART

1E MILITARY APPLICATIONS/HEAVY DUTY/PUBLIC TRANSPORT — SEASIDE BGENERAL ELECTRIC; EPRI; U.S. ARMY TACOM; VOLPE CENTER – RSPA –U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION STUDIES; SYNOVATE MOTORESEARCH

Honda’s Basic in Stacks and in Ultracaps

Honda developed and manufactures the ultracapcitors in its latest FC vehicles.

I n t roducing the HondaF CX,the fı rst zero-e m i s s i o n

f u e l-c e l lc a ron the roa d .

T h e H o n d a F C X i s the fı rst fuel-cell car to be gove rn m e nt-c e rt i fıed fo reve ry d ay u s e .B e i n g fı rs t i s a go o d fe e l i n g .We s h o u l d k n ow.H o n d a h a s b e e na p i o n e e r o f e nv i ronmental tech n o l o gy f ro m t h e b e gi n n i n g .

T h e1 9 7 5 C i v i c C V C C wa s t h e fı rs t c a r t o m e e tt h e e m i s s i o n s t a n d a rd s of the Clean Air A c t w i t h-o u t a c a t a ly t i c c o nve rt e r.T h e n c a m e t h e n a t u ra l -g a s C i v i c G X .Wi t h i t s n e a r - z e ro -emission engi n e ,the EPA has called it the cl e a n e s t e n gi n e o nE a rt h .I n1 9 9 9 ,A m e ri c a welcomed the Insight,t h efı rs t hy b ri d g a s - e l e c t ri c car from Honda.A n d j u s t t h i s ye a r,t h e C i v i cb e c a m e t h e fı rs t m a s s - m a rke t ve h i cl e to p rovide a hy b ri d p owe rt ra i noption in the United States.

See what we mean? It’s a little like tra d i t i o n .N ow,with the s t a m p o fa p p rova l f ro m t h e E nv i ro n m e n t a l P ro t e c t i o nA ge n c y a n d the Califo rn i aA i rR e s o u rc e s B o a rd ,H o n d a is delive ri n g a fa m i ly of new F C X f u e l - c e l l ve h i-cl e s t o i t s fı rs t c u s t o m e r,t h e C i t y o f L o sA n ge l e s .

S t e p by s t e p ,H o n da’s long-standing dre a m of a zero-emission f u t u rem ay j u s t b e c o m e a re a l i t y.Fo r m o re i n fo rm a t i o n o n t h e n ew F C X ,visit usat honda.com.

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