The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)'s National Automotive Center (NAC), in conjunction with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc (QTWW) and California Motors LLC, today unveiled the MP Hybrid vehicle platform at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2005 World Congress. The MP Hybrid is a modular, easily configurable light duty vehicle platform designed to support a variety of homeland defense, military and commercial missions. This dual use military/commercial platform will reduce overall costs by providing a common base system and maximum commonality of other non-automotive components required to meet mission needs. [ more ]