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February 24, 2005
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• BMW at the 75th Geneva Motor Show

• Honda Unveils New Civic And Showcases Technological Innovation At The Geneva Salon

• Double premiere for Mercedes-Benz at the International Motor Show in Geneva

• Nissan Announces New Leadership Team

• Lexus at Geneva Motor Show 2005

• New Name in Porsche's Model Range

• Audi RS 4 - Leadership through Passion

• Ford Vehicles Help Florida Jump Start Its Hydrogen Highway

• MINI Plant Oxford To Expand With New Investment

• Mazda Hydrogen Filling Station Given The Green Light

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Mazda Hydrogen Filling Station Given The Green Light

Mazda opens first hydrogen filling station in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corporation recently put a hydrogen filling station into service that will store and supply fuel for the company's ongoing hydrogen vehicle research and development. The new hydrogen station began operating in early February and is located near Mazda's global headquarters in Hiroshima. This unique filling station is the first in the Chugoku region of western Japan, and is another tangible step forward in Mazda's support for the development of a hydrogen-fueled society.

The facility supplies fuel to both the hydrogen engine test facility and Mazda's hydrogen rotary-engined vehicles currently on the road for under development and testing purposes. High-pressure hydrogen gas is stored at about 2,900 psi in compressed hydrogen gas tanks and then further pressurized to over 5,000 psi for delivery to the vehicles. The inventory stored at Mazda's hydrogen fueling station enables up to 10 vehicles per day to be fueled with hydrogen gas.

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Permission from Japan's Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) came in October 2004 for the first public road tests of Mazda's RX-8 Hydrogen Rotary (known as H2RE) - a rotary-engined, dual-fuel vehicle that runs on either hydrogen or traditional gasoline. The hydrogen gas station allows Mazda to continue development of hydrogen rotary engines with the goal of selling hydrogen vehicles to public entities and corporations in Japan within two years.

(Feb 22, 2005)