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News of  December 19, 2001

DaimlerChrysler Leads Fuel Cell Vehicle Development

Auburn Hills/Stuttgart - The Chrysler Town & Country Natrium continues DaimlerChrysler's leadership in designing, engineering, building and testing concept vehicles that demonstrate the most advanced fuel cell technology.

Beginning in 1994 with the world's first operating fuel cell-powered vehicle, the NECAR (New Electric Car) I, DaimlerChrysler has unveiled five generations of NECAR, plus the fuel cell-powered bus, the NEBUS, another industry first. The most recent in that series is NECAR 5, a methanol-fueled vehicle unveiled in 2000.

The luxury sport utility vehicle Jeep® Commander, introduced in 1999, demonstrated fuel cell engine technology with gasoline as the fuel. The second-generation Commander 2, introduced in 2000, is fueled by methanol.

DaimlerChrysler will market the first fuel cell city buses in 2002 and fuel cell-powered passenger cars in 2004. To meet those ambitious goals, DaimlerChrysler is investing more than $1.4 billion in fuel cell technology research and development during the period 2001-2004. 

(Dec. 12, 2001)

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