SHANGHAI and GRAZ, Austria, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- 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.
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