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23 Feb 2009

VW to demonstrate16 Passat Lingyu FCVs at California Fuel Cell Partnership

Volkswagen has announced that 16 Passat Lingyu fuel cell vehicles will participate in fleet demonstrations at the California Fuel Cell Partnership in Sacramento, California. These prototype vehicles were developed in China and debuted at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The Passat Lingyu fuel cell vehicles are being added to the existing fleet of eight Volkswagen fuel cell vehicles at the Partnership. In total, these 24 vehicles create the largest fleet of fuel cell cars from a single manufacturer at one location anywhere in the world, Volkswagen reports. 

Volkswagen Group worked with scientists at Tongji University to create the fuel cell vehicles based on one of China's best-selling Volkswagen platforms.   The company says that the Passat Lingyu is capable of traveling at highway speeds up to 90 mph and as far as 146 miles (234 km) on a single tank of fuel.  John Tillman, program manager for Volkswagen's U.S. Advanced Powertrain Research Program, reports that these vehicles logged nearly 50,000 miles (almost 80,500 km) in Beijing.

Source: Fuel Cell Today

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