Originally published December 14 2005
Beijing prepares for Olympics with green energy vehicles
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Beijing Public Transportation Corp. was provided with three new fuel cell cars developed by Daimler-Chrysler, as the city prepares to serve the 2008 summer Olympics with a fleet of green energy vehicles.
BEIJING Public Transportation Corp yesterday received three new fuel cell passenger cars from leading automaker Daimler-Chrysler.
The three new cars, prototypes of the "green" vehicle fleet serving the Beijing Olympics, will be used in Beijing's high-tech zone, or Zhongguancun Area, for public transport in an 8.19-kilometer route.
The experimental commercial use of the fuel cell cars is believed to be the first of its kind in any developing country.
The Beijing Public Transportation Corporation has prepared all facilities for hydrogen refilling, which is vital for fuel cell cars, data collection systems, training for drivers and service management.
The Global Environment Fund and the United Nations Development Program supported the experimental project for promoting free-emission fuel cell cars in China, which will host the 2008 summer Olympics and the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
The three cars were shown at the Fourth International Clean Vehicle Technology Conference and Exhibition.
At the inauguration for the exhibition, Ma Songde, vice minister of Science and Technology, said that the development of energy-saving vehicles is one task to build an energy-saving society and an environment-friendly economy.
As the world's most populous country and a developing one, Ma said, China should cultivate an auto industry oriented toward saving energy and protecting the environment.
Fuel cells transfer hydrogen to electric power, which produces no pollution.
Many big auto companies worldwide invest heavily into the research and development of such environment-friendly vehicles.
In 2004, the government urged development of vehicles using clean energies.
Ma said Chinese companies need to combine their own innovative capacity with the latest technologies licensed by multinational automakers.
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