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Ford Brings Fuel Cell Vehicles to Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba proudly holds the unofficial world record for the most people to ride and drive state–of-the-art, production hydrogen hybrid fuel cell vehicles within a seven-hour period! Over 150 people drove in these million dollar vehicles on May 27, 2003, while others attended presentations by Ford and the Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance to learn more about the fuel cell technology. |
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| The local media and public showed a keen interest in the advanced vehicle technology and are eager to know when they would be seeing more of these vehicles commercially available and on the road. Phil Chizek, Marketing and Sales Manager, Fuel Cell & e-drive Programs for Ford Sustainable Mobility Technologies, expects that fuel cell vehicles will be made available on the retail market by 2010. Over the next few years these vehicles are available for monitored testing in fleet vehicle demonstrations. |  |
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The Red River Valley Clean Cities Coalition Winnipeg Chapter was delighted to participate and chair the Ford Focus event and also assisted in coordinating logistics at the Forks. Manitoba Transportation and Government Services and the Energy Development Initiative partnered with Ford Sustainable Mobility Technologies, Ford of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Fuel Cells Canada, Ballard Power, Dynetek Industries and Stuart Energy to bring this tour to Winnipeg. The Manitoba Vehicle Technology Centre, the City of Winnipeg, the Forks, and other industry partners in Manitoba, provided important financial support for the event, while other organizations such as Red River Community College and the Manitoba Culture & Heritage provided in-kind support for the event. |
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