February 2009
The Volkswagen Group Of America will place 16 Passat Lingyu vehicles in fleet demonstrations at the California Fuel Cell Partnership event in Sacramento, California. These prototype vehicles were developed in China and debuted at the Beijing Olympics last year.
The Passat Lingyu is being added to the existing fleet of 8 Volkswagen fuel cell vehicles also at the Sacramento event and in total, these 24 Volkswagen vehicles will create the largest fleet of fuel cell cars from a single manufacturer at one location anywhere in the world.
"The Passat Lingyu prototype reflects Volkswagen Group's long standing commitment to develop new solutions for a clean future," said Professor Dr. Jurgen Leohold, Head of Volkswagen Group Research.
Volkswagen Group worked with scientists at Tongji University to create these fuel cell vehicles that are based on one of China's best-selling Volkswagen platforms.
The Passat Lingyu is capable of traveling at highway speeds up to 90mph and as far as 146 miles on a single tank of fuel. The only byproduct released from the tailpipe is water and oxygen.
"These vehicles logged nearly 50,000 miles in Beijing with zero harmful emissions. We can think of no better place to next exhibit this environmentally-friendly technology than at the California Fuel Cell Partnership," said John Tillman, Program Manager for Volkswagen's U.S. Advanced Powertrain Research Program.
In addition to working with the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the company also operates a number of university research projects in the state.
In a quest toward sustainable mobility, Volkswagen Group is exploring a number of new technologies to achieve greater fuel efficiency and reduce harmful emissions. The company's commitment to the environment also covers the entire lifespan of a car, from the earliest stages of the manufacturing process to the vehicle's final trip to the recycling yard.
"We will not achieve sustainability alone," said Anna Schneider, Director of Government-Industry Relations for Volkswagen Group of America.
"We need global solutions to global problems and these international and domestic partnerships are absolutely critical to advancing our environmental objectives."
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