Modine Manufacturing Co. (Racine, WI) announced that it has received an order from Ballard Power Systems Inc. to supply thermal and water management components in support of Ballard's most advanced automotive fuel cell engines. Beginning this summer, Modine will supply heat transfer and water management components to Ballard for incorporation into fuel cell engines being built for DaimlerChrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co.
DaimlerChrysler and Ford Motor will use the fuel cell engines in their Mercedes A-Class and Ford Focus vehicles, respectively. The vehicles will be introduced, in limited customer fleets, in Europe, Japan, Singapore and the US to gain actual road miles under normal driving conditions. The cars will be the first fuel cell cars to move from the research stage to customer demonstrations for DaimlerChrysler and Ford Motor, and are expected to provide valuable feedback for future generations of fuel cells.
