Nuvera Fuel Cell Stack technology demonstrated on FIAT new generation hydrogen cars
27 Octubre 2003 - 11:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Nuvera Fuel Cell Stack technology demonstrated on FIAT new
generation hydrogen cars Milan and Cambridge, Massachusetts,
October 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - Demonstration confirms OEM's
commitment to pursue hydrogen-powered fuel cell fleet for on-road
applications Nuvera Fuel Cells today announced its automotive fuel
cell stack technology was integrated into 2 vehicles by Centro
Ricerche Fiat (CRF) and demonstrated by FIAT Auto during a recent
presentation of the OEM's fuel cell vehicle prototypes in Milan,
Italy. The advanced concept cars, presented by Nevio Di Giusto,
Vice President of Product Development for FIAT, included a
prototype of the FIAT Seicento employing a 40 kW Nuvera fuel cell
stack, as well as a prototype of FIAT's next-generation fuel cell
vehicle, the Panda Hydrogen, which featured an advanced Nuvera
Andromeda(TM) fuel cell stack concept. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031028/NETU020 ) The
demonstration, which concluded with a "ride and drive" of the fuel
cell FIAT Seicento, confirms FIAT's commitment to pursue the
development of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles. Local
government officials attending the event included the Honorable
Roberto Formigioni, President of the Lombardy Region, the Honorable
Altero Matteoli, Minister of the Environment, and Dr. Gabriele
Albertini, Mayor of Milan. This announcement follows an earlier
sale of 9 Nuvera PEM stacks to CRF that were designed for urban
applications such as city vehicles. "We continue to work closely
with our automotive partners to advance the commercialization of
fuel cell vehicles," said Bill Mitchell, Vice President of
Marketing at Nuvera Fuel Cells. "Our metallic bi-polar stacks
continue to prove highly effective in meeting the stringent
requirements of the automotive industry, making them one of the
most reliable, compact, and easiest fuel cell technologies to
integrate in a vehicle today." Nuvera Fuel Cells Nuvera Fuel Cells
(http://www.nuvera.com/) is a leading designer and developer of
fuel cell power systems, fuel processors, and fuel cell stacks for
the automotive, distributed generation, commercial, and industrial
markets. Since 1992, its fuel processors and PEM fuel cell stacks
have been successfully tested and evaluated by major automobile and
appliance manufacturers, research institutions, telecommunications
organizations, and industrial and energy companies. Nuvera's fuel
processors have demonstrated the ability to extract hydrogen from a
number of liquid and gaseous fuels such as gasoline, ethanol,
methanol, natural gas, kerosene, propane, butane, and more.
DATASOURCE: Nuvera Fuel Cells Contact: Robert Derby, Director,
Marketing Communications, Nuvera Fuel Cells, +1-617-245-7571, Fax:
+1-617-245-7511, Cell: +1-508-254-9668, Photo: NewsCom:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031028/NETU020 AP Archive:
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ PRN Photo Desk, Web site:
http://www.nuvera.com/
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