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Volkswagen Selects IdaTech for Auto Fuel Cell System

September 15, 2004 by Jeff Shepard

IdaTech Corp. (Bend, OR), a fuel cell system/component and fuel cell solutions provider, has been selected by Volkswagen (Germany) to design and manufacture an integrated fuel processor system operating on diesel fuel to be used in an automotive auxiliary power unit.

The agreement, part of a vehicle demonstration project at Volkswagen, marks a first for IdaTech to be working directly with a major European automotive company on vehicle fuel cell systems. IdaTech was selected for its technical performance in diesel fuel reforming. The fuel processing system will be a custom design for vehicular applications and will incorporate IdaTech's patented metal membrane hydrogen purification system, a key component to any compact, liquid fuel proton-exchange membrane fuel cell system.

"We are very pleased to be working with Volkswagen on this project. It is another solid example of IdaTech's growing technology leadership in the area of fuel cell systems that can run on diesel and other liquid hydrocarbon fuels such as kerosene and bio-diesel. Additionally, this demonstrates our continuing commitment to support forward-looking European companies in development of fuel cell solutions for their core businesses," said IdaTech President and CEO Claude Duss.