To: Wharf Rat who wrote (3670 ) 10/30/2006 3:35:54 PM From: one_less Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10087 DANA POINT, CA - Letting it all - okay, almost all - hang out in a week-long press event, General Motors last month announced 2007 plans for producing and placing a fleet of 100-plus Equinox hydrogen fuel cell SUVs, and it let a bunch of reporters take a first crack at driving its million-dollar - give or take a few hundred thousand - concept Sequel fuel cell SUV. HAGA, JAPAN - Honda Motor Co. has taken another step toward bringing a fuel cell car to market, and it looks like a winner. BRUSSELS – On the eve of the Paris Motor Show, six European car and truck manufacturers and two energy companies last month declared their intent to cooperate in efforts to advance hydrogen as a transportation fuel. LOS ANGELES, CA/MUNICH – Following up on its promise first made five years ago, German carmaker BMW announced it will introduce a limited production version of what it calls the world’s first hydrogen-drive luxury performance car, the “BMW Hydrogen 7,” next year. STAVANGER, NORWAY/IRVINE, CA – Following up on its recent sale of a batch of hydrogen-fueled i.c. Priuses to Norway’s Hydrogen Highway, Irvine-based Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., is now gearing up for more. Editor’s Note: This is another in a series of occasional columns intended as a forum for readers. Contributions are welcome. The editor reserves the right to reject suggestions and edit material to fit our format without, of course, changing the author’s basic views. This article is adapted from a Sept. 2 Op-Ed piece in the “Los Angeles Times” by Mr. Moore. VANCOUVER, BC/CALGARY, AB – Providing a home base for British Columbia’s developing Hydrogen Highway and for fuel cell vehicle r&d, Canada’s National Research Council in mid-September opened the doors of its new Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) in Vancouver.hfcletter.com