Fuel Cell Vehicle Road Rally 

See more info http://www.cafcp.org/.  

See Sept/Oct APCD newsletter article on the rally (PDF file): sepoct02.pdf

Fuel cell vehicles arrived in Santa Barbara County on September 6, 2002, as part of the California Coast 2002 road rally, organized by the California Fuel Cell Partnership, a consortium of auto manufacturers, energy companies, fuel cell technology companies, and government agencies. 

APCD's Board proclaimed September 6 as "Fuel Cell Vehicles Day"  in Santa Barbara County (view Resolution). See APCD Director Doug Allard column, Tomorrow's Fuel Cell Cars Here this Week, here.

Fuel cell cars from DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, and Toyota started in Monterey on September 4th, arrived in San Luis Obispo on September 5th, and arrived in Santa Barbara County, the endpoint of the rally, on September 6th.

For more information...

• Download Fuel Cells, Fuel Cell Vehicles, and Air Pollution FAQs on this site (a PDF file): fcfaqs.pdf.
• See the California Fuel Cell Partnership website, http://www.cafcp.org/.  
• For information on APCD's working solar/fuel cell demonstration model, and educational programs for community groups and schools, contact Mary Byrd at 805-961-8833. (Also see this page.)
• Fuel Cells Online Information Center: www.fuelcells.org 
• National Fuel Cell Research Center: www.nfcrc.uci.edu