Dana Corporation Fuel-Cell-Powered Scooter A HIT at Hannover Industrial Fair

    TOLEDO, Ohio, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A fuel-cell-powered scooter --
showcasing critical technologies developed by Dana Corporation (NYSE: DCN) --
was a featured attraction at the recent Hannover Industrial Fair in Hannover,
Germany.  Dana said it plans to showcase the scooter at several industry
events this year as the company celebrates its 100th anniversary.
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    Dana developed a number of fuel-cell components on the scooter, including
bi-polar plates, end caps, heat exchangers, pumps, and valves.  Over the
course of the project, Dana developed several inventions and made numerous
patentable discoveries that hold promise for advancements in future
generations of components.
    Designing and integrating components for the scooter provided Dana
engineers with further insight into the challenges that customers encounter
when constructing a fuel-cell system.
    Dana Chairman and CEO Michael J. Burns said, "The valuable product and
system knowledge Dana gained with this project will benefit our fuel-cell
customers and partners as we take the next steps toward developing high-volume
fuel-cell components for stationary and automotive applications."
    Combining expertise from the institute Zentrum fur Sonnenenergie- und
Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW) and motorcycle manufacturer Motorrad- und
Zweiradwerk GmbH (MZ), Dana scientists and engineers developed the future-
generation fuel-cell components incorporated into the scooter.
    Dana experts from each of the company's five global Fuel Cell Support
Centers successfully created components that had never before been built for
such an application.  The project aided in understanding the complications
involved with a complete fuel-cell system.  It also allowed Dana's engineers
and scientists to test new theories and products in a real-life application
and within a challenging packaging environment.
    "Dana has an established global network of support centers for fuel-cell
research, each with a specific area of product expertise," said Mike Laisure,
president of Dana's Automotive Systems Group.  "Our goal is to help fuel-cell
integrators succeed by making this a commercially viable power source for the
future."
    The fuel-cell stack and system is based on ZSW's well proven PEM PowerBag
technology.  A research institute working in the field of renewable energies
and electrochemical energy technology ZSW, of Ulm, Germany, has nearly
15 years of experience in fuel cell design, operation, and testing.  The
company integrated the Dana components in to the system and developed the
system-control unit and design.
    The scooter is based on the Charly battery-powered scooter built and
supplied by MZ of Zschopau-Hohndorf, Germany.  In addition to providing the
scooter, MZ has assisted in providing custom designed frames, bodywork, and
wiring to support the fuel-cell system.
    Dana Corporation is a global leader in the design, engineering, and
manufacture of value-added products and systems for automotive, commercial,
and off-highway vehicles.  Delivering on a century of innovation, the
company's continuing operations employ approximately 45,000 people worldwide
dedicated to advancing the science of mobility.  Founded in 1904 and based in
Toledo, Ohio, Dana operates technology, manufacturing, and customer-service
facilities in 30 countries.  Sales from continuing operations totaled
$7.9 billion in 2003.  Dana's Internet address is http://www.dana.com .

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