Pininfarina unveils sintesi concept car at Geneva Motor Show

Pininfarina Unveils Sintesi Concept Car Featuring Nuvera's Quadrivium Drive at Geneva Motor Show

Geneva (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Pininfarina unveiled its innovative concept car, the Sintesi, featuring Nuvera's Quadrivium(TM) drive, at the Geneva Motor Show today in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Sintesi is powered by Nuvera's Quadrivium drive, which incorporates world-leading hydrogen generation technology with state-of-the-art fuel cells in four distributed wheel power modules. This diversion from traditional drive trains gave Pininfarina the freedom to design the car with the passenger in mind rather than the engine, resulting in a highly stylized car of the future.

"It has been a great pleasure for Pininfarina to work with Nuvera on the Sintesi project," commented Andrea Pininfarina, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pininfarina. "We hope that this collaboration can be repeated in the future."

Quadrivium drive is based on Nuvera's Andromeda(TM) fuel cell and STAR(TM) hydrogen generator technologies, which together offer higher efficiency as compared to an internal combustion engine.

"Nuvera was honored to have been chosen by Pininfarina to work with them on this cutting edge project," commented Bill Mitchell, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "When faced with the ambitious challenge of making a high performance power train using ecologically benign technology, Nuvera engineers changed direction away from conventional technologies and embraced a radical new fuel cell concept."

For more information on the Sintesi, log on to: www.sintesi.pininfarina.com.

Nuvera Fuel Cells is a global leader in the development and advancement of multi-fuel processing and fuel cell technology committed to providing clean, safe and efficient power solutions. With offices located in the U.S. and Italy, Nuvera is committed to advancing the commercialization of: hydrogen fuel cell power modules for industrial vehicles, equipment and stationary applications; on-site hydrogen generation and on-board gasoline fuel processors; and fuel cell stacks and power systems for automotive and transportation applications.

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Michael Check joins Bunkspeed to lead Auto & Transportation biz

Industry veteran joins Bunkspeed team; sees company's rendering technology as 'provoking major change' in digital design

Los Angeles (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Bunkspeed, Inc. announced today that Michael Check has joined the company as President of its Automotive and Transportation business. His focus will be to broaden Bunkspeed's already expansive roster of transportation customers, which includes Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, BMW, Pininfarina, Nissan, Honda, and others.

With over 20 years experience, Mr. Check brings to Bunkspeed a deep understanding of the design process and a highly regarded industry standing. Prior positions include General Manager of the Americas at Alias|Wavefront, and General Manager, North America, at ICEM. He also co-founded The Underground World Corporation, a design services company.

Mr. Check chose Bunkspeed because of the company's bold vision -- and nimble implementation -- of 3D rendering for all.

"Bunkspeed clearly listens to what their customers want and have taken the 'black art' out of 3D rendering," Mr. Check says. "Their technology is provoking major change in the digital design process."

The company's HyperDrive Automotive Collection bridges the gap between design, engineering, and marketing. In just minutes, even users with little design experience can apply paints, materials, and lighting to models created in popular CAD applications. Objects can be manipulated in any direction and inserted in any number of environments.

The resulting realistic look is practically indistinguishable from a physical model, allowing companies to use their own resources, instead of expensive CGI houses, to create marketing imagery.

"Over the years, Mike has closed important deals that, without a doubt, have advanced digital design technology in the automotive arena. We're looking forward to Mike continuing this legacy at Bunkspeed," states Philip Lunn, Bunkspeed CEO.

Michael Check is joining Bunkspeed in January 2008, and will be located in Detroit, Michigan.

About Bunkspeed

Bunkspeed is a leading global provider of visualization software and services for design, engineering, and marketing. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, our advanced visualization technologies leverage digital engineering assets and contribute to enlightened decision-making in the digital design process. Our clients gain a cost effective way to deliver sales and marketing imagery, and realize significantly reduced product development costs. Bunkspeed's customers include Nissan, Ford Motor Company, Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Pininfarina, Chrysler, Mercedes Benz Advanced Design North America, and BMW Designworks. For more information on Bunkspeed's products and services, visit http://www.bunkspeed.com.

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