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Quantum Wins Contract for 15 Hydrogen Hybrid I.C. Prius Cars from Norway

IRVINE, CA May 11 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. here has received a purchase order for 15 hydrogen-fueled, internal combustion-engined Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles from Norway, the company announced. The purchaser is Miljobil Grenland AS, a participant and vehicle provider to the Norwegian Hydrogen Highway (HyNor). These vehicles will be put in service in Norway in 2006 and 2007 as part of the HyNor program, Quantum said in its release. HyNor is a joint public/private partnership initiative to demonstrate real-life implementation of hydrogen energy infrastructure along a route of 580 kilometers (360 miles) from Oslo to Stavanger during the years 2005 to 2008. The project includes all necessary steps to develop a hydrogen infrastructure and includes various hydrogen production technologies and uses of hydrogen, adapted in every instance to local conditions.

The overall objectives of the HyNor project are to demonstrate the commercial viability of hydrogen energy production, hydrogen's use in the transportation sector, and the development of a hydrogen infrastructure, Quantum said.

HyNor will address various means of transportation, including buses, taxis, and private cars, and various transportation systems, including urban, inter-city, regional, and long national transports. The project will connect various activities and cities in a common network along one of the major national transport corridors, between the capital Oslo and Stavanger, the major oil and energy city in Western Norway.

The hydrogen Priuses for Norway will be based on Quantum's state-of-the-art OEM-caliber hydrogen hybrid vehicles operating in California that the company delivered earlier this year to municipal fleets in Southern California (H&FCL Feb., March 06).

(A more detailed report will appear in the upcoming June online and print issues of “The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter.”)

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