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By
reporter Liu, Xiao Ping, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily
US/China
Energy & Environmental Technology Center (EETC)¡¯s Shanghai
office was officially opened yesterday. More than a hundred
guests from U.S. and China governments, universities,
research institutes, and private companies participated in
this event. They also test drove and rode the zinc-air fuel
cell powered electric car, electric motorcycle, electric
scooter, and electric bicycle developed by Powerzinc
Electric (Shanghai), Inc. and Zhejiang University.
Due to the rising environmental problems and worsening oil
crisis, electric vehicle is considered as the future of
transportation. Developing electric vehicles has become a
strategy for many countries to ensure sustainable growth.
Lawmakers have undertaken supportive measures and offered
incentives to promote EVs. Major automakers have also
invested a large amount of resources in EV development.
Although electric vehicle development has 60 years history,
lacking of qualified, commercially viable battery
technologies restrained the growth of this industry.
With extraordinary vision, Powerzinc Electric, Inc., a
company based in Los Angeles, conducted extensive studies on
various types of battery technologies and believe that
zinc-air fuel cell is the most viable technology for
near-term commercialization. The company started an R&D
program in 1995. Within only 4 years, they made significant
breakthrough in zinc air fuel cell technology and
successfully solved the bottleneck of battery technologies.
The technology has demonstrated great potential to meet the
requirements for electric vehicle propulsion. The company¡¯s
innovative business model for fuel cell service network can
make refuel at retail locations as easy as pumping gas at a
gas station. Zinc-air fuel cell is an environment-friendly
power source that offers high energy, high power, low cost,
for EV applications or anyplace that need high capacity
mobile power supply. Huge market potential and low labor
cost in China have prompted the Company to establish
Powerzinc Electric (Shanghai), Inc. Since 1999, the company
has successfully set up the world¡¯s first zinc-air fuel cell
manufacturing facility in Shanghai and it is currently in
the process of establishing refuel service network. They
started fuel cell distribution in February 2002. EETC is a
non-profit organization funded by the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) and industry partners. EETC¡¯s mission is to
promote the efficient, responsible production and
utilization of clean energy, and to encourage environmental
performance, while improving the quality of life in U.S. and
China. The alliance was formed in March 2003 and it aims to
promote clean, environmentally friendly zinc-air fuel cell
technology in both U.S. and China. An immediate goal is to
demonstrate Powerzinc¡¯s products as the most practical, near
term fuel cell technology for electric vehicles in the
world.
An unprecedented opportunity for zinc-air fuel cell products
lies just ahead. With Beijing committing to a green Olympic
Games in 2008 and Shanghai being granted the World Expo
2010, clean energy vehicles are in great demand.
About
Powerzinc
Powerzinc
Electric, Inc. is a California-based Hi-Tech company. It
is dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing
and commercialization of advanced zinc-air fuel cells and
entire manufacture facilities, along with fuel cells
refuel service platform. Through years of R&D, Powerzinc
has achieved significant breakthroughs in zinc-air fuel
cell technology and developed the high power, large
energy, long-lasting, low cost and environment-friendly
power and energy source. Its innovative products - DQFC
series of zinc-air fuel cells with creative design and
process technology is a totally renewable energy for
electric vehicles and various other applications today.
About
Powerzinc Electric (Shanghai), Inc
In Shanghai, China,
Powerzinc has established a zinc-air fuel cell
manufacturing and service model plant to commercialize the
technology and its products. The plant is ready for
commercial-scale production. The Company has started
supplying DQFC series zinc-air fuel cells to manufacturers
of Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters. In the near
future, the new series of DQFC zinc-air fuel cells for
Electric Buses, Defense and Security, Communication and
other applications will be available to the commercial
market soon to satisfy
the
real highly growing demand anywhere in the world.
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Powerzinc Electric, Inc.