DaimlerChrysler to Deliver First Fuel Cell Buses to Urban Fleets

    STUTTGART, Germany and AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 20 DaimlerChrysler
will deliver up to 30 fuel-cell powered buses to European bus
operators beginning in 2002, under agreements announced today.

    The fuel-cell powered Mercedes-Benz Citaro urban buses, with quiet and
environmentally friendly fuel cell technology, will be delivered beginning in
late 2002.  These are the first fuel-cell powered vehicles available in the
market.

    The Citaro fuel cell buses will operate in the cities of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands; Barcelona, Spain; Hamburg and Stuttgart, Germany; London, Great
Britain; Luxembourg; Porto, Portugal; Stockholm, Sweden and Reykjavik,
Iceland.  Other cities are expected to purchase the vehicles soon.

    "The sale of approximately 30 fuel cell buses represents a successful
market entry for this new technology and proves the attractiveness of the fuel
cell as an efficient and environmentally friendly power source for the
future," said Wolfgang Diez, Head of the Mercedes-Benz/Setra Bus Division at
DaimlerChrysler AG.

    "We are pleased to be the world's first automobile manufacturer to offer
our customers the advantages of this trailblazing technology."

    The fuel-cell powered, low floor Mercedes-Benz Citaro urban regular
service buses will be produced by EvoBus GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
DaimlerChrysler with responsibility for European bus activities.

    Depending on the operating conditions, the twelve meter (39 foot) long
Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus with a fuel cell power unit will have an operating
range of 200 to 250 kilometers (125-155 miles) and will be able to accommodate
up to 70 passengers.  The maximum speed is approximately 80 kilometers
(50 miles) per hour.

    The fuel cell unit with an output of more than 200 Kilowatts, which was
developed and produced by the DaimlerChrysler subsidiary Xcellsis, as well as
the compressed hydrogen tanks are installed on the roof of the Citaro.  The
electric motor and transmission are located in the rear of the bus.

    The Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses now being sold are the technological
successors to the Nebus (New Electric Bus), in 1997 the first fuel-cell
powered Mercedes-Benz bus to take to the road.