14 firms which produce or purchase fuel cells or components formed the U.S. Fuel Cell Council. On the organization's board are representatives from 3M, the American Methanol Institute, Ballard Generation Systems, Daimler-Benz, DuPont Fluoroproducts, Energy Partners, Energy Research Corp., EPYX Corp., Ford Motor Co., International Fuel Cells/ONSI Corp. (United Technologies Corp. subsidiary), M-C Power Corp., Plug Power, W.L. Gore & Associates and Siemens/Westinghouse.
Helmut Petri, a member of Daimler-Benz's Board of Directors overseeing passenger-car development, predicted to attendees of "Convergence 1998," the International Congress on Transportation Electronics, that the pace of automobile development over the next 15 years will exceed that of the previous 50 years, in part because of changes spurred by integrated electronics and fuel cells.
U.S. Fuel Cell Council: http://www.usfcc.com/index.htm
