BP
ChevronTexaco
ExxonMobil
Shell Hydrogen

California Environmental
Protection Agency,
Air Resources Board

California Energy Commission

South Coast AQMD

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency

California Fuel Cell Partnership
3300 Industrial Blvd. Suite1000
W Sacramento, CA 95691

www.fuelcellpartnership.org

SAVE THE DATE: May 14—16
“Rally Thru the Valley”—2003 California Fuel Cell Partnership Road Rally

(West Sacramento) — The California Fuel Cell Partnership will take its public outreach and awareness tour to California’s Central Valley in May with its own fuel cell vehicle road rally. The caravan-style drive through California’s heartland – and America’s breadbasket – will take place May 14-16. Zero-emission fuel cell cars from the partnership’s eight automakers will depart West Sacramento and conduct public events in Fresno and Bakersfield before arriving in Los Angeles. CaFCP’s energy partners will oversee hydrogen refueling needs, and other members will lend support through education and technical displays as well as volunteer services.

"May is ‘Clean Air Month’ in California, a time to focus on the challenges of finding ways to improve the air we breathe," said Alan Lloyd, 2003 CaFCP Chair. "The partnership’s road rally events are both fun and informative, so we look forward to introducing the potential of fuel cell technology first-hand to residents of the Central Valley and Los Angeles basin."

Details:

WHAT	"Rally Thru The Valley: 2003 California Fuel Cell Partnership Road Rally" – to demonstrate the capabilities and technology of Fuel Cell Mobility on a 3-day, 400-mile caravan of up to eight hydrogen-fueled, fuel cell electric vehicles; public events, including test-ride opportunities, will be held along the way.
WHEN	May 14 – 16, 2003 – May is ‘Clean Air Month’ in California. (Detailed times and activities available by April 10 at this website)
WHO	The CaFCP, whose partners include DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen, BP, ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, Shell Hydrogen, Ballard Power Systems, UTC Fuel Cells, 6 government agencies, and 10 Associate Partners.
WHERE	The Rally Thru The Valley – 2003 CaFCP Road Rally begins in West Sacramento, down Highway 99 to Fresno and Bakersfield, and up ‘the Grapevine’ on Interstate 5 to the Los Angeles basin.
WHY	The members of the California Fuel Cell Partnership _ automakers, energy producers, technology partners, along with government agencies – show Californians how some of the world’s foremost engineers and visionaries are helping lead the race toward this new approach to zero-emission mobility.
INFO	More details will be provided in the next few weeks. For further media information, please contact Maxine Enciso, Senior Account Executive, Ketchum Public Relations, at 310-584-8303 or by email to maxine.enciso@ketchum.com; or Joe Irvin, Communications Manager, CaFCP, 916/371-2899 or jirvin@cafcp.org.

The California Fuel Cell Partnership is a voluntary effort to advance a new vehicle technology that could move the world toward practical and affordable environmental solutions. The Partnership will demonstrate fuel cell-powered electric vehicles under real day-to-day driving conditions; will demonstrate the viability of an alternative fuel infrastructure technology; explore the path to commercialization; and increase public awareness of fuel cell electric vehicles. The Partnership expects to place about 60 fuel cell passenger cars and fuel cell buses on the road by 2003. For more information, visit www.fuelcellpartnership.org

For more information, please contact the California Fuel Cell Partnership at: 916-371-2870 or by email: info@cafcp.org

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