Volkswagen Group & Audi Accelerate Fuel Cell Technology Solutions Program With Ballard (WK-intern) - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLD) today announced that automotive OEM Audi AG has issued purchase orders to Ballard to accelerate certain key development activities under the current long-term Technology Solutions program that Volkswagen Group has with Ballard. As announced by Ballard in a February 11, 2015 press release, the current 6-year engineering services contract with Volkswagen Group runs to March 2019, with an optional 2-year extension beyond that date. The contract has an estimated value of C$100-140 million (approximately US$80-112 million at the time of Ballard’s press