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VOLKSWAGEN
New Member
Of Clean Energy Partnership
Volkswagen brings a Touran HyMotion to Berlin’s hydrogen fuel test fleet
Volkswagen AG has joined
the Clean Energy
Partnership. The world’s
most versatile hydrogen
demonstration project for
emission-free mobility with
two service stations in
Berlin thus welcomes a further
partner and now
includes 11 companies and
17 hydrogen vehicles.
With immediate effect, Volkswagen
AG has joined the Clean
Energy Partnership (CEP). “For
us, joining the CEP is a logical
and important step towards
the future. Our commitment
further underlines our support
for sustainable mobility and,
at the same time, provides us
with important application-related
information from the
demonstration project,” says
Dr. Jürgen Leohold, Head of
Group Research at Volkswagen
AG. Volkswagen is conducting
intensive research into hydrogen
and fuel cells in the context
of its fuel and power train strategy.
Volkswagen brings a VW
Touran HyMotion to the CEP
passenger car fleet. The vehicle
was developed at the Volkswagen
Technology Center and
initially underwent intensive
practical testing in the USA.
Tests in Berlin represent the vehicle’s
premiere in Germany.
“We expressly welcome the
decision by Volkswagen AG to
join the Clean Energy Partnership.
Together with the recent
participation of TOTAL, this
confirms that CEP is on track
for becoming the most significant
European project for hydrogen-based
mobility. We
look forward to cooperating
with a total of five automakers
and welcome the further expansion
of CEP’s competence
in the field of hydrogen as the
fuel of the future,” says Dr.
Klaus Bonhoff (DaimlerChrysler),
Head of CEP’s Steering
Committee.
Federal Ministry of Transport,
Building, and Urban
Affairs also welcomes the commitment
of a further auto-
CEP-fleet in front of the Aral/BP hydrogen service station in Berlin: (from right) VW Touran HyMotion,
GM/Opel HydroGen3, Ford Focus fuel cell Hybrid, Daimler/Chrysler A-Class F-Cell, BMW 7 -Series.
maker to CEP. CEP is a component
of the national sustainability
program and is sponsored
by the Ministry as one of
the leading innovation projects
for emission-free mobility.
With its versatility, CEP also
creates the optimum basis for
lighthouse projects planned
under the National Hydrogen
and Fuel Cell Technology
Innovation Program.
Clean Energy Partnership
Since November 2004, the
opening date for the first CEP
hydrogen service station at
Messedamm in Berlin, the CEP
demonstration project has
been carrying out sophisticated
everyday operations without
problems. A great deal of
progress has been made since
then. The experience of customers,
technicians, and operators
will be evaluated in 2007
and presented to the public.
Clean Energy Partnership
(CEP) is an international association
of the following companies:
Aral/BP, BMW, Berliner
Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Daimler
Chrysler, Ford, GM/Opel,
Hydro, Linde, TOTAL, Vattenfall
Europe, and Volkswagen AG.
Its goal is to tap the technological
potential of hydrogen as
a source of energy, conducting
tests with a view to suitability
for routine use and system capability.
Hydrogen
demonstration
project
Berlin’s hydrogen demonstration
project consists of the
hydrogen infrastructure, including
the fuelling systems,
vehicle fleet, hydrogen information
center, and service station
for hydrogen vehicles. CEP
is experimenting with three different
hydrogen production
methods as well as three different
hydrogen propulsion
systems. With two service stations
and a fleet of 17 hydrogen
vehicles, Berlin CEP is the
largest and most complex
demonstration project for future-oriented
H 2-technology in
the world.
14 MADE IN GERMANY
NO. 5, 2006