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As I headed for work on Saturday to pick up one of our Fuel Cell Equinoxes, I couldn’t help but notice the antiquity of the process when I stopped to fill up my 9-3 on the way. After dropping $58 worth of 93-octane into my tank at $4.06 a gallon, I spent the rest of the morning driving an SUV that doesn’t use a drop of fossil fuel.

The ambulance open-house was a great time, even if our turnout was a little lower than we’d hoped – the rainy weather seemed to keep people [and the MercyFlight helicopter] away. Ironically, it was sunny and beautiful right up until about Noon, then blustery and rainy during the open-house from 1 to 4, then sunny and beautiful again after we started to tear down.

The Equinox got a great deal of attention, which resulted in my fielding plenty of questions and sharing the excitement of a lot of folks who see the potential for our technology to shape the future of personal transportation. The group I thought would be the most skeptical – assorted owners of a certain popular jelly-bean-looking hybrid – were actually the most excited. And just about everyone in attendance had at least one comment in common: “Wow.”

Unfortunately, by some manner of brainhiccup on my part, I didn’t have a camera with me for this year’s open house – but several others did, so as soon as I collect a few photos, I’ll post them here and at HFMVA’s soon-to-be-revealed new web site…