Ride and Drive Details
Location: Plaza de Mexico. The Ride and Drive route will start and finish at the clocktower in HemisFair Park with a loop around the Convention Center.
View the Ride and Drive Route (590Kb PDF)
Times: 10 am - 3 pm, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 20 and 21
(On Wednesday, 3/21, the Ride and Drive is FREE to the public!)
Note: Be sure to bring a valid driver's license!
 Hydrogen Fueling Demonstrations
Want to experience hydrogen fueling? In HemisFair Park, outside the Convention Center, Linde will have a hydrogen fueling station set up to fuel the vehicles in the Ride and Drive. The station will be able to fill vehicles with either a liquid or gaseous hydrogen tank. In this year's Ride and Drive, the BMW vehicles will have liquid tanks and the other vehicles will have gaseous hydrogen tanks. To find out more about hydrogen fueling demos, visit Linde's booth in the expo hall (#101).
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2007 Highlights
- 11 vehicles available for the Ride and Drive
- 5 are powered by hydrogen engines and use liquid hydrogen storage
- 6 are powered by electricity from fuel cells and use compressed hydrogen storage
- Participating companies: Toyota, BMW, Honda, GM, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen
- New vehicle: BMW Hydrogen 7, the world's first hydrogen drive luxury performance car
- New vehicle: A Mercedes-Benz's F-Cell outfitted to be the first fuel-cell powered fire response vehicle.
2006 Ride and Drive Highlights
- 18 vehicles: 9 for Ride and Drives
- 15 powered by electricity from fuel cells
- 3 powered by hydrogen engines
- 1 motorcycle
- Participating Companies: DaimlerChrysler, GM, Honda, Hydrogen Labs, Intelligent Energy, National Automotive Center, Nissan, Quantum, Toyota, U of North Dakota, Volkswagen.
2005 Ride and Drive Highlights
- 17 vehicles: 12 for Ride and Drives
- 2 buses
- World speed record-setting H2R racecar
- Off-road stealth vehicle
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Each year, the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference and Hydrogen Expo US showcases one of the largest single displays of hydrogen vehicles around. This year, the ride and drive will feature an unprecedented 11 vehicles to test drive by attendees, the media and the public (Wednesday only). In addition, you will be able to experience what it's like to fuel hydrogen vehicles, with either liquid or gaseous hydrogen right at the Convention Center.
