Dutchman Enterprises, the manufacturer of the Hydro Assist Fuel Cell system and the soon-to-be-released Pre-Ignition Catalytic Converter system, has been approached by one of the big 3 US car manufacturers. On September 15th, there will be a press release announcing a partnership between Dutchman and the major car manufacturer.
A few weeks ago, a top executive from the car manufacturer invited top marketing and development folks from Dutchman to spend a week at one of their facilities. Dutchman met with one of the top engineers of the company, a top executive, designers of the emissions control, and one of the top company mechanics. They converted several of their vehicles and demonstrated the HAFC. By the end of the week, everyone Dutchman had met was excited about what they had seen and discussed. Following that week, correspondence continued between the two parties, and Dutchman received a request for at least two dozen kits for the purpose of testing the system on several vehicles in various facilities across the US. Here is the contents of one of the letters received from the car manufacturer. It was written by the engineer at the request of a top company executive who will be referred to as Mr. X:
"We have discussed the HAFC kits and the technology has potential, and the concept makes good sense. While we are not ready to embrace this technology, we are excited about starting a beta test with these units to capture some data and complete our testing process. Mr. X will coordinate the testing process with my team of engineers. We need 12 units to begin the test as soon as possible. We will also need an additional 12 units the following week. As we complete our initial testing process, I believe we will have some quantitative results that will allow us to move forward. Dutchman Enterprises HAFC kits will need to be fully tested before we can discuss a future partnership. We're also very excited about the PICC technologies. Thank you for your help with this test."
This major car manufacturer has been testing at least 24 of their vehicles with the HAFC over the last few weeks. They've been running some of the vehicles 24/7 to test performance over tens of thousands of miles. The correspondence received during these tests has been favorable, and on September 13th it is expected that top executives of the car manufacturer will be meeting in New Jersey with members of the dealers coop and Dutchman at a dealers convention. We are anticipating that during that meeting the partnership will be announced. If a partnership is announced, we can expect the car manufacturer to join with Dutchman in continuing development of the HAFC and PICC, and co-design their vehicles and the HAFC to optimize the performance of the HAFC. We could also expect they would include installation and tuning training for all of their certified mechanics all across the USA in their dealerships and independent businesses.
