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Fuel cell auto fleet debuts in Beijing
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Xinhua News Agency
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May 25, 2004
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Fuel cell auto fleet debuts in Beijing
BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A trendy fleet of fuel cell vehicles
Tuesday passed by Tian'anmen, the imposing 500-year-old gate of the
Chinese imperial residence in downtown Beijing.
The high-tech fleet includes a Volkswagen-like car and a bus, both
of which were designed and produced by Chinese scientists.
Experts at Tongji University laid out a fuel cell-powered engine
and other systems into the Volkswagen body while those at Qinghua
University named the bus Line No. 863 after the state high- tech
development program, code-named Project 863, which finances their
research.
While the first fuel cell fleet was traveling Beijing's streets,
the Chinese ...