Quantum to Deliver Hybrid Vehicles to Norway

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.of Irvine, California, has received a purchase order for 15 hydrogen-fueled Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles from Miljobil Grenland AS, a participant and vehicle provider to the Norwegian Hydrogen Highway (HyNor). The vehicles will be put in service in Norway in 2006 and 2007 as part of the HyNor program.

HyNor is a unique Norwegian joint public/private partnership initiative to demonstrate real life implementation of hydrogen energy infrastructure along a route of 580km (360 miles) from Oslo to Stavanger during the years 2005 to 2008. It will address buses, taxis, and private cars, and various transportation systems, including urban, inter-city, regional, and long national transports.

The Priuses will be based on Quantum’s state-of-the-art OEM-caliber hydrogen HEVs operating in California.