MEDIA ADVISORY: Mary's Valley Rally Video Package Now Available

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Media Advisory

Date
Release Number
16-16

Contacts

Stanley Young
Public Information Office
stanley.young@arb.ca.gov
(916) 956-9409
Lindsay Buckley
Public Information Office
lindsay.buckley@arb.ca.gov
(916) 769-7728

SACRAMENTO - Video Package of today's "Valley Rally" is now available.

WHO: California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission,
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), California Fuel Cell Partnership

WHAT: Today Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols, along with California Energy Commissioner Janea Scott and GO-Biz Deputy Director of Zero Emissions Vehicle Infrastructure Tyson Eckerle, led a caravan of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) through the San Joaquin Valley from Santa Monica to Sacramento to highlight the cars' range and ability to travel and refuel from Southern to Northern California.  Each official drove a FCEV, including models from Toyota, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20, 2016

WHERE: Rally left Santa Monica hydrogen fueling station this morning, traveling up Interstate - 5 to Sacramento; the vehicles are scheduled to arrive on K Street and 12th Street, Sacramento approximately 5:30 p.m.

VISUALS:

:30 Version: https://vimeo.com/163613295

1:00 Version: https://vimeo.com/163610122

1:20 Version: https://vimeo.com/163602325

Full remarks version: https://youtu.be/4BCK1lFav1I

Original press release at:http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=803

CARB is the lead agency in California for cleaning up the air and fighting climate change to attain and maintain health-based air quality standards. Its mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through the effective reduction of air and climate pollutants while recognizing and considering effects on the economy.