IMPCO Completes Hydrogen Fuel System for Hyundai Santa Fe SUV Ahead of Schedule
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November 01, 2000 08:03:00 AM ET
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- IMPCO Technologies, Inc. IMCO announced today that it has completed the development of a advanced hydrogen fuel storage and fuel delivery system for Hyundai Motor Company's new fuel cell prototype Santa Fe Sport Utility Vehicle ahead of schedule.
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The Hyundai fuel cell vehicle will utilize IMPCO's state-of-the-art advanced hydrogen fuel system technologies and IMPCO's vehicle level system integration expertise.
IMPCO together with United Technologies UTX, International Fuel Cell Division and electric drivetrain provider Enova Systems ECAR are involved in the development of the Hyundai Fuel Cell Vehicle.
Hyundai will display the fuel cell version of the Santa Fe SUV at the Grand Opening of the California Fuel Cell Partnership in Sacramento on November 1, 2000. The California Fuel Cell Project includes: Hyundai, Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Nissan, Volkswagen, Honda, fuel providers and both California and Federal government agencies as members.
For more information on this project, please contact:
Alan Niedzwiecki, Executive Director, Business Development, IMPCO Advanced Technology Center, Tel: (949) 399-4552
IMPCO is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of fuel storage, fuel delivery and electronic control systems that allow internal combustion engines and fuel cell vehicles to operate using clean fuels such as hydrogen, propane, natural gas and methanol. IMPCO's advanced fuel system technologies are designed to optimize efficiency and performance by electronically sensing and regulating the proper proportion of fuel and air used by internal combustion engines and fuel cell systems. IMPCO supplies its products and fuel system integration to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of motor vehicles, trucks, buses, forklifts, material handling equipment and small portable to large stationary engines. IMPCO also supplies these products and services to the global aftermarket.
Headquartered in Cerritos, California, IMPCO has more than 600 employees, 400 distributors and dealers and 17 offices and facilities worldwide including: United States, Australia, Japan and Mexico. IMPCO operates in the Netherlands, France, Germany and the United Kingdom as IMPCO-BERU Technologies, B.V. IMPCO's website is: www.impco.ws
Certain matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current trends. These include the Company's ability to design and market advanced fuel metering, fuel storage or electronic control products, the company's ability to meet OEM specifications, and other such risks as cited in the company's 2000 annual report on Form 10-K and other documents field with Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investor Relations, Dale Rasmussen, 206-575-1594, drasmussen@impcotechnologies.com, Media, James Mitchell, 562-860-6666 x116, jsmitchell@impcotechnologies.com, both of IMPCO Technologies, Inc.
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