November 7, the world-famous Canadian company Ballard Power System announced that its automotive fuel cells will be sold to a German business group DaimlerChrysler and Ford Motor Company. As a worldwide hydrogen fuel cell technology in a leading position in Ballard Power System, the stripping to DaimlerChrysler and Ford's automotive fuel cell business, including some intellectual property rights, the company's 113 research personnel and some pilot implementation. Industry estimates, the volume of transactions at about 100 million U.S. dollars around.
But Ballard and the company did not give up fuel-cell vehicle business, it is still in a Ford and DaimlerChrysler-controlled companies hold 19.9%% of the shares, only its own no longer need to invest capital. This company can maintain the car in the field of valuable customer resources, but also to free up hands, will be the focus shifted to the uncertain outlook for the other fuel cell applications.

John Ballard, president of Dynamic • Xie Reading to the media acknowledged that hydrogen fuel cell industry did not achieve its commitment to the public, that is, hydrogen-fuel vehicles will soon replace the gasoline engine vehicle. Therefore, the company's own development strategy has been adjusted to vehicle-related fuel cell technology business and sold to Ford and DaimlerChrysler, all in order to focus on backup power, residential uses, such as more commercial future of the Market.

Ballard plans to shift the focus of operations, including the use of hydrogen fuel-driven forklifts and lift towers for mobile phone use backup power supplies. In addition, the company is also Japan's first hydrogen fuel cell used in residential electricity supply. In Japan, because of high electricity prices, the use of hydrogen gas, and then used to generate electricity and hot water is still profitable.

Reading grateful to the media that the hydrogen fuel cell technology for the entire energy technologies and environmental protection will have great positive impact on the commercialization of fuel cell era is approaching, it is now crucial period. However, the Government of Canada has not given due attention and support. He further said that although in the short term hydrogen-fuel vehicles also difficult to commercialization, but the Government can not afford to ignore hydrogen fuel as a clean energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to be able to play a role.

This week, the Canadian company Ballard other fuel cell manufacturers in the pooled capital of Ottawa, called on the Government introduced the common national strategy for the development of hydrogen fuel to keep Canada in the hydrogen fuel cell technology in the world's leading status. The fuel cell industry, president expressed the hope that the Government of Canada can be like the United States, Japan, the European governments, Canada has spent huge amounts of money on the fuel cell industry to give further support to enable it to continue commercial development.

In these companies, located in Toronto, hydrogen technology companies involved in addition to the same power dynamic lift forklift business, the company will also sell hydrogen fuel-cell storage company to wind energy. • President Daryl Wilson expressed the hope that the Government of Canada to other countries as competitors like the Government, through the means of tax rebates to encourage energy users to buy hydrogen fuel cells. He said that by the state come forward to support the development of hydrogen fuel technology is very important. The Government has the technology to the development of a strong support, but is now the hydrogen fuel technology into the commercialization of an important stage, the Government needs to provide more comprehensive support.

At present, the Government of Canada has been the development of hydrogen energy into the whole eco-energy part of a plan. Through the project, the developer of hydrogen fuel technology in scientific research and development has been the policy of tax rebates and other concessions. However, relevant persons, other major hydrogen fuel technology research and development of the country's commercial development have formulated a series of special preferential policies. Canadian fuel cell technology developers hope that the Government will tax policy, especially for investors on the tax policy to give greater concessions to enable the industry to get more investment.