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Article: FedEx Express and GM Move Fuel Cell Technology Another Step Toward Commercialization; FedEx starts using GM fuel cell vehicle for regular deliveries.
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- PR Newswire
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- July 9, 2003
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TOKYO, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A FedEx Express ("FedEx") driver made history today in Tokyo when he used General Motors' HydroGen3 fuel cell vehicle to deliver packages to a leading energy company and a major hotel. With these deliveries, FedEx and GM officially launched the first commercial test of a fuel cell vehicle in Japan. Today's kick-off route included deliveries to Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. and Le Meridien Grand Pacific Hotel Tokyo.
The two companies are collaborating on a one-year test program in which FedEx will operate GM's HydroGen3 fuel cell vehicle on its regular delivery routes in the metropolitan area of Tokyo. GM will collect the data obtained ...