Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE

Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE to be presented in Norway

Available to Japanese customers since March, the new Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE will make its European debut on 22 August at the ONS2006 energy exhibition and conference to be held in Stavanger, Norway.

The hydrogen-powered Mazda will be a show-stopper at the ceremony of opening of Norway’s first hydrogen filling station, situated near Stovanger.

The hydrogen station will be the first in a planned chain of several similar stations planned by the HyNor Project.

The project bids on a small fleet of Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles, but its sponsors also hope that local citizens, who have to shuttle between Stavanger and Oslo, will eventually start using hydrogen-powered vehicles, such as Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE.

The next hydrogen-filling station along this route will be opened near the town of Grenland in the spring of 2007.

Photo: Mazda

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