June 2006   Vol. XXI   No. 6   ISSN 1080-8019
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Quantum Wins Contract for 15 Hydrogen Hybrid I.C. Prius Cars from Norway
IRVINE, CA - 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 last month.

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Storage R&D is Focus of Hydrogen Program Merit Review
CRYSTAL CITY, VA - Hydrogen storage, a main concern for the prospects of a future hydrogen economy, took center stage at the Energy Department’s Hydrogen Program’s Annual Merit Review May 16-19 here.


DoE News:

Big Knowledge Gaps, Misperceptions About Hydrogen Persist, DoE Survey Shows
CRYSTAL CITY, VA - It probably doesn’t come as a huge surprise to practitioners in the field, but a Department of Energy survey on knowledge and opinions on hydrogen and fuel cells shows disappointingly large gaps and shortcomings.


Fast Forward: I.C. Buses for CUTE


Fast Forward: Cryo-Capable Tanks


Fast Forward: Mazda H2 Racing Plans


Anti-H2 Article in German “Technology Review” is Dismissed as Irrelevant
BERLIN - “Good-Bye, Hydrogen,” the recent, provocatively titled anti-hydrogen article in the German edition of MIT’s “Technology Review” magazinedidn’t create much of a stir in the German hydrogen community which generally dismissed it as somewhere between uninformed, out of date, plain wrong and irrelevant.