At the Austria Expo Shanghai for the First Time: AVL Fuel Cell Commuter Combines the Advantages of Range Extender and Fuel Cell

SHANGHAI and GRAZ, Austria, October 14, 2010 - At the Austria Tec Week within the scope of Expo Shanghai 2010, AVL
presents an electric vehicle with a fuel cell range extender. The substantial
advantage of the AVL Fuel Cell Commuter (AVL FCC) is its continuous
availability due to the significantly reduced charging time: refueling with
hydrogen only takes a few minutes, while compared to that, charging a battery
takes a few hours. These time savings become possible with a small fuel cell
in the range extender. This future-oriented technology in the AVL FCC is the
result of a research project conducted in conjunction with Tongji University,
which is supported with financial means from the climate fund.

In the long term, the international automotive industry is aiming at
environment-compatible, sustainable mobility, which is to be achieved with
CO2-neutral energy sources. Besides hydrogen, this also includes bio-fuels as
well as "green" power as part of a future energy vector. As a reliable
partner of the automotive industry, AVL supports this intention with the
development of highly efficient drives using these energy sources.

Battery laboratory opened

In China, the demand for electrification of vehicles is high. At the AVL
Shanghai Tech Center, a state-of-the-art battery laboratory with testing
equipment and simulators was opened recently. With this laboratory, AVL will
be able to increasingly offer the customers services directly on site.

AVL has been engaged in successful business activities in China for more
than three decades. The first project with a Chinese customer started in 1974
and in 1987 the first AVL office opened in Beijing. At present, AVL in China
has around 250 employees.

AVL is the world's largest independent company for development,
simulation and testing technology of powertrains (hybrid, combustion engines,
transmission, electric drive, batteries and software) for passenger cars,
trucks and large engines. The high-tech company AVL employs 4.300 people
worldwide. Turnover in 2009 was 590 million Euro.

    Contact

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    Phone +43-1-523-4088
    Email: michael.ksela@scoopnextlevel.com

Contact: Michael Ksela, company spokesman AVL, Phone +43-1-523-4088, Email: michael.ksela at scoopnextlevel.com