http://www.enn.com/news/2003-05-23/s_4586.asp
Singapore to get first fuel cell filling station in Southeast Asia 23 May 2003 By Associated Press SINGAPORE - This tiny Southeast Asian nation will be the first place in the region where cars that run on environmentally friendly fuel cells can top up with hydrogen, according to a news report Thursday. Petroleum company BP and Air Products, an American supplier of industrial gases, plan to open the hydrogen refueling station by the first quarter of next year, the Straits Times newspaper reported. Fuel-cell-driven cars are powered by compressed hydrogen, which emits no pollutants. DaimlerChrysler will bring seven fuel-cell vehicles to Singapore next year for testing, it said. Building the station will cost between US$500,000 and US$1 million. It will have the capacity to refuel about 11 cars per day, it said. Singapore announced two years ago that it would waive thousands of dollars in auto taxes for buyers of low-pollution vehicles. But the high cost of fuel-cell technology will likely prevent the market from growing in the short-term. Hydrogen-fueled vehicles currently cost US$1 million to US$2 million each to make, including the US$200,000 cost of making the fuel cell itself. Source: Associated Press ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/CNxFAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
