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To: The Devil Dog who wrote (29)	5/28/1998 7:39:00 AM
From: Protanope	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 157

Hello, I am new to SI but not to ASRF. I am pleased to see its recent strength. I do have a question for Wayne for Astris: When I began to invest in this company a year and a half ago its main focus/direction was on developing fuel cells for small, low horse-power engines. It seems that we are speculating about large, automotive engines. Has their direction changed? Is their technology that good? Is it easily scaleable? Or...is the carrot to develop an alternate automotive power source just too tempting? Thanks

To: The Devil Dog who wrote (29)	5/28/1998 8:59:00 PM
From: no	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 157

AGM is my shorthand for 'Annual General Meeting'. Astris was part of a consortium that was awarded a U.S. Department of Energy contract to build, test etc. a light industrial vehicle using hydrogen as the fuel. The other members were EZ Go for the golf car, Teledyne Brown a unit of Allegheny Teledyne for the electrolyzer which uses tap water and produces hydrogen. Westinghouse Savannah River for the fuel tank and controls feeding an Astris Alkaline Fuel Cell in an EZ Go light industrial vehicle (aka a golf car) The stage I report was sent to the U.S. DOE late last fall - no news since.