The unique vehicles will be participating in a Ride-and-Drive with the B.C. Fleet
Challenge on March 29. The vehicles will be driven to Whistler on March 30, and then
arrive at the GLOBE 2006 conference on March 30.

The goal of the demonstration is to show how alternative fuels are an effective means of
automotive power and can help to establish hydrogen and ethanol fuelling station
infrastructure.

“SRC’s developments in hydrogen and ethanol have grown out of the applied research
we have been doing with alternative fuels since the 1980’s,” Dr. Laurier Schramm,
President and CEO of SRC said. “Saskatchewan is in an ideal position to create and
support successful ethanol and hydrogen industries.”

As on-road transportation accounts for approximately 27 percent of greenhouse gas
emissions in Canada, the Government is targeting large fleets in the transportation
sector by providing support for a new initiative - the National Fleet Challenge. This pilot
concept is being delivered currently in five regions of Canada, including British Columbia
and Saskatchewan. The initiative aims to undertake a multitude of activities, focused and
developed to meet the needs of each region, which will reduce the life-cycle energy
costs and reduce emissions from large fleets.

“These unique modifications to existing vehicles for hydrogen and ethanol use with
conventional fuel provide fleet vehicle owners and operators the opportunity to utilize
these environmentally-friendly fuels,” Grant McVicar, Director of the Saskatchewan
Office of Energy Conservation overseeing Saskatchewan’s Fleet Challenge, said.
“This use will reduce greenhouse gas emissions without sacrificing the operational
effectiveness those vehicles which operate on pure hydrogen or ethanol face, due to
limited refueling facilities.”