EU PUSHES MASSIVE CASH INJECTION FOR HYDROGEN CAR DEVELOPMENT
November 1st, 2007
BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London
NEW European Commission plans to free up the market for hydrogen-powered cars and pump money into development are gaining friends. Car makers and research bodies alike are hoping that the proposals, announced in Brussels in October, survive their passage through the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers - the EU's legislative bodies.
What the Commission proposes is first, a Euro 940 million public-private funding injection for a six-year hydrogen and fuel cell development program. This will happen ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.