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To: Hawkeye who wrote (3739)	1/30/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: Hawkeye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5827

This is from Calstart. I'm not yet sure of the correct interpretation but it appears to refer to a gasoline reformed fuel cell car demo by 2001. I believe Shell's involvement has been on the gasoline side only at this point. This, I would guess, might be an indication that they are making some headway on gasoline (or some other hydrocarbon derivative fuel) reforming since it refers to a "zero-emmision" car. Gasoline reformers have not been capable of zero emissions thus far, they still produce some emissions. They have also been too bulky to fit in a car. At the recent LA auto show, Chrysler had said they were still years away on their gasoline reformer project where they are working with the AD Little reformer. Seems like Shell may have a better mousetrap in terms of their gasoline reformer. If it somehow is a zero emission gasoline reformer this would be excellent news for the Alliance and BLD in particular. Does anyone else have more info or a different perspective/interpretation? I will try to locate that original article on the web. 01/30/1999 - Shell, Ballard, Daimler to Demo Fuel-Cell EV in '01 Dehradun, India - Shell Research and Technology, Ballard Power Systems and DaimlerChrysler now predict their demonstration fuel-cell electric vehicle (EV) will be ready by 2001, reports Business Line. Ian Maxwell, technology manager of Shell's Research and Technology Center in the Netherlands, told attendees of the International Conference on Frontiers of Catalysis that his team "hopes to come up with a demo car by 2001. It would be a zero-toxic-emissions version." Researchers at the conference generally agreed that hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles are the current focus of "green" automakers. Shell, for its part, has developed a catalytic process to optimize the extraction of hydrogen from liquid hydrocarbons. Shell's fuel processor will feed hydrogen-rich gas to a Ballard fuel cell, which produces electricity for a drive system DaimlerChrysler is developing. Ballard is now working to lower the cost of its fuel cells. 01/29/1999 - Newspaper - Calif. May Outlaw Diesel Buses? Sacramento, Calif. - The sale of diesel buses could be outlawed in California as the result of a settlement reached yesterday between environmentalists and California air-quality officials, reports the Sacramento Bee. While the settlement covers Los Angeles County and three neighboring counties forming the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), the new anti-smog rules apply statewide. Earlier, the air district backed down from enforcing numerous parts of its U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-approved smog plan; the environmental groups sued the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and SCAQMD to enforce the rules and received a favorable ruling (News Notes 10/9/98). According to the article, emissions limits for diesel transit and school buses will become "so strict as to eliminate their sale in California." While some pollution-control parts of the settlement take effect this year, others would not be fully implemented until 2006. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Coalition for Clean Air and Communities for a Better Environment filed their suit in 1997.