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To: Krowbar who wrote (7081)	1/16/2003 11:32:58 PM
From: Krowbar	Respond to of 8393

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-FreedomCAR Hydrogen Storage and ... -- 1/14/2003 The Federal Register via NewsEdge Corporation : DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENCY: Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-FreedomCAR Hydrogen Storage and Vehicle Interface Technical Team Notice is hereby given that, on December 3, 2002, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. ("the Act"), FreedomCAR Hydrogen Storage and Vehicle Interface Technical Team has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI; DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; and Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI. The nature and objectives of the venture are to conduct joint research necessary to develop and demonstrate commercially viable technology for storage of hydrogen on board vehicles and the various interfaces between the hydrogen storage unit and other components of the vehicle. The research will support FreedomCAR, a joint effort of the Federal government and the U.S. auto industry to develop affordable, hydrogen-powered vehicles. To accomplish this objective, the parties, working in conjunction with government entities, universities and suppliers, will conduct workshops, experiments and other acts allowed by the National Cooperative Research and Production Act that would advance those goals. ---------------------- Sounds to me like the big 3 have not decided to use high pressure storage of hydrogen to the exclusion of other technologies, as some have assumed. Del

To: Krowbar who wrote (7081)	1/17/2003 10:21:51 AM
From: Ray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8393

Very interesting, Del -- and it confirms what ECD has been saying about the STM work progressing very well. STM started on OUM development about a year later than Intel did -- and appear to be poised for OUM product introduction about a year or more before Intel's (presently-stated) introduction. As Tyler Lowery said some time back, STM is a "tiger" -- which I took to mean also that Intel is not. STM is following a philosophy and time-line that I initially thought Intel would follow -- an aggressive development for ASAP OUM product introduction. Later, I decided from their comments, that Intel was staging its efforts from a marketing stance -- that is, they were going to milk more profits from their present flash products before introducing OUM products. Now that STM is providing a challenge, I imagine Intel will shorten its time-line. From my memory, Intel frequently manages a new product introduction promptly after a competitor introduces a better product -- which means, IMO, that they had the subject product ready to go but held back introduction until necessary. This is probably "good marketing" from the profit standpoint, but it does not qualify them as a "tiger".