The ConnecticutCenter for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) in cooperation with the Connecticut Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Coalition (CHFCC), the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the National Hydrogen Association, and the U.S. Department of Energy held the national Hydrogen Road Tour 2008. The event was held at CCAT on August 12, 2008. The tour featured ten vehicles traveling across the U.S. from Portland, Maine to Santa Monica, California. The tour featured 33 stops through 19 states, with three of those stops in Connecticut including East Hartford, South Windsor, and Wallingford. The tour demonstrated progress and commitment toward commercially viable, emissions-free hydrogen vehicles. Passenger vehicles and transit buses powered by hydrogen will help promote America’s energy independence, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve air quality while preserving safety and U.S. jobs.
The event provided invited guests, the public and media with the first hands-on ride and drive experience of the tour. The East Hartford venue featured displays by the CHFCC and other hydrogen and fuel cell technologies/industry representatives.
Remarks were given by Elliot Ginsberg (President and CEO of CCAT), Catherine Dunwoody (California Fuel Cell Partnership), Melody A. Currey (Town of East Hartford), Cheryl McQueary (U.S. DOT RITA Deputy Administrator), Lt. Governor Michael Fedele, Donald E. Williams (Senate President Pro Tempore), and Joan McDonald (CT DECD Commissioner). Other special guests included Congressman John B. Larson and members of Connecticut’s state legislature.
Tour participants and vehicles included:
Hydrogen Tour Vehicles and Fuel BMW
Daimler
GM
Honda
Hyundai
Kia
Nissan
Toyota
Volkswagen
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Linde
Hydrogen Tour Organizers Arizona Public Service
Centalina Clean Cities
Chevron ConnecticutCenter for Advanced Technology Connecticut Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Coalition
The Center for Transportation and the Environment Land of Enchantment Clean Cities Las Vegas valley Water District MaineHydrogenEnergyCenter Maine Clean Communities Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition Missouri S&T
Powertech Labs
Proton Energy Systems
The PublicGen Companies
Shell Hydrogen South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance Southern Fuel Cell Coalition
Triangle Clean Cities
US Army
US Environmental Protection Agency
UTC Power
Valley of the Sun Clean Cities
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