QUANTUM First to Market With 5,000-psi Hydrogen Storage For Hyundai Fuel Cell SUV

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IRVINE, CA USA 03/20/2001
     - QUANTUM's 5,000-psi TriShield(TM) Installed on Hyundai Santa Fe Fuel
       Cell SUV
     - Increased Pressure of Compressed Hydrogen Extends Vehicle Range

    IRVINE, Calif., July 2 QUANTUM Technologies WorldWide,
Inc., announced today that it achieved a major milestone by
being the first company to market with a hydrogen storage system capable of a
5,000-psi compressed hydrogen fill as demonstrated at the California Fuel Cell
Partnership (CAFCP) recently.  QUANTUM developed and installed its new
5,000-psi hydrogen storage and fuel delivery systems on several Hyundai Santa
Fe Fuel Cell SUV's.
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    According to Syed Hussain, President & CEO of QUANTUM, "The significance
of being the first company to achieve a 5000-psi fill on a fuel cell vehicle,
clearly establishes QUANTUM's product and market leadership."
    "A vital issue in bringing fuel cell vehicles to the marketplace is
extending the vehicle range -- which requires efficient storage of compressed
hydrogen at a high pressure.  This is the principal advantage of our
TriShield(TM) tank and the significance of QUANTUM's 5,000-psi cylinder-fill
achievement," said Hussain.
    QUANTUM's TriShield(TM) tanks are uniquely designed and manufactured with
a one-piece permeation-resistant seamless liner, a carbon composite over-wrap
for strength, and a tough impact-resistant shell.  This rugged, low-cost,
ultra-lightweight storage tank improves range and safety of hydrogen and
removes the barriers to more rapid commercialization of vehicles incorporating
alternative propulsion systems.  The tank is designed to meet all applicable
regulatory standards and additional OEM-specific validation tests.
    The fuel systems that QUANTUM designed and developed for the Santa Fe
meets the challenging packaging requirements of fuel storage tanks and fuel
system components for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.  There is minimum intrusion
into the cargo and passenger areas of the Hyundai Santa Fe, and eight and
one-half inches of ground clearance, while maintaining maximum safety
conditions.

    For more information, please contact:
    Alan Niedzwiecki, Executive Director, Business Development,
QUANTUM Technologies WorldWide, Inc.  Tel: (949) 399-4552

    Eileen M. Oswald, Director of Communications,
QUANTUM Technologies WorldWide, Inc. Tel: (949) 885-7547

    QUANTUM Technologies WorldWide, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
IMPCO Technologies Inc. .  QUANTUM is focused on the development
of fuel system enabling technologies for manufacturers of alternative
propulsion and energy in emerging global markets.

    The California Fuel Cell Partnership is a voluntary effort to advance a
new automobile technology that could move the world toward practical and
affordable environmental solutions.  The Partnership will demonstrate fuel
cell-powered electric vehicles under real day-to-day driving conditions; will
demonstrate the viability of an alternative fuel infrastructure technology;
explore the path to commercialization; and increase public awareness of fuel
cell electric vehicles.  The Partnership will place more than 70 fuel cell
passenger cars and fuel cell buses on the road between 2000 and 2003.

    Certain matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking
information that involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from current trends.  These include the company's
ability to design and market advanced fuel metering, fuel storage or
electronic control products, the company's ability to meet OEM specifications,
and other such risks as cited in the 2000 annual report on Form 10-K for
IMPCO Technologies, Inc., and other documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.