Ford Media Advisory RE: News Conference and Unveiling Announcing a Multi-Million Dollar Investment in Central Florida's Energy Future

                   A fleet of hydrogen-powered vehicles
             and hydrogen fuel stations will be placed here.

                            News Media Invited
                For Interviews, Photo Ops and Test Drives!
See the prototype vehicle and fueling station.  Hear details of the plan.

  WHEN:  2:00 p.m. - Tuesday, April 27, 2004

WHO: Executives from Ford Motor Company, BP America, Progress Energy and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), including:

  *  Scott Staley, Chief Engineer, Fuel Cell Systems Engineering, Ford Motor
     Company
  *  Dr. Marie Curry Nkansah, Hydrogen Business Development Manager, BP
  *  Bill Habermeyer, President & CEO, Progress Energy Florida
  *  Allan Bedwell, Deputy Secretary, Regulatory Programs & Energy, Fla. DEP

  WHERE:  Wekiwa Springs State Park
          1800 Wekiwa Circle, Apopka, Fla. 32712
          407-884-2008

          Directions:  Wekiwa Springs State Park is easily located off
          Interstate 4 at exit 49.
          Take State Road 434 West to Wekiwa Springs Road or State Road 436
          to Wekiwa Springs Road near Apopka.

WHAT: Ford Motor Company and BP plc are announcing a major initiative aimed at moving the United States closer to a hydrogen economy. Hydrogen- powered vehicles, and the fueling stations to support them, will be operated in Central Florida. The automotive company and the energy provider will provide details of the plan, and show the prototype vehicle and fueling station.

OPPORTUNITIES for test drives of a prototype hydrogen-powered vehicle, one-on-one interviews and photography of a future hydrogen fueling station and vehicle follow brief remarks and distribution of press materials.

PRNewswire -- April 26