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Roger Billings Re-launches REC.(Brief Article)

Roger Billings, who built the world's first hydrogen-powered car as a high school science project in 1965, has reformed Billings Energy Corp. (26900 East Pink Hill Road, Independence, MO 64057; Tel: 816/229-0017). The new company will continue the development and commercialization of the Billings Fuel Cell and other hydrogen energy technologies, including metal hydride storage, and hydrogen production equipment.

Billings Energy Corp., the company he formed in 1973 as the vehicle for his pioneering work in hydrogen energy technology, was sold by Billings in 1984 when, a

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