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Article: FUEL CELL AUTO UNVEILED FUEL CELLS 2000 LAUDS 'MILESTONE'
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- PR Newswire
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- May 14, 1996
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WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Daimler-Benz unveiled today a fully functional light duty passenger vehicle powered by a fuel cell.
"This is a substantial engineering achievement and an important milestone in the history of the automobile," said Robert R. Rose, president of Fuel Cells 2000, a private nonprofit organization. "Daimler has demonstrated that a pollution free passenger car can be built without compromise to performance, comfort, range or safety."
Daimler-Benz left no doubt that it sees fuel cells as an important part of its strategy for the next generation of automobiles. Helmut Werner, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz AG, called fuel cells ...