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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ballard Power Systems Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001453015
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620]
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		STREET 1:		9000 GLENLYON PARKWAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5J 5J8
		BUSINESS PHONE:		604-454-0900

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		STREET 1:		9000 GLENLYON PARKWAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5J 5J8

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	7076991 Canada Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090102
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex991.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">News
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8pt"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt"><B>Ballard Fuel Cell Module to Power Hybrid UPS Delivery
Van Trial Program in California</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">VANCOUVER, March 19, 2018 /CNW/ -&nbsp;Ballard Power Systems
(NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced that it has signed a contract with CALSTART (www.calstart.org) for a Ballard 30 kilowatt
(kW) FCveloCity<SUP>&reg;</SUP>-MD fuel cell module to be used in a trial and development program involving UPS Class-6 delivery
vans operating in California's South Coast Air Basin, including much of the Greater Los Angeles area. Funding for the project is
being provided by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) as part of its efforts to reduce harmful air pollution.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">&quot;SCAQMD's technology advancement programs have helped
to ensure wide-scale deployment of low- and zero-emission heavy duty on-road technologies, including all classes of trucks and
buses, to clean the air in the South Coast basin,&quot; said Wayne Nastri, SCAQMD's executive officer. &quot;Greater deployment
of fuel cell vehicles is expected to provide a reduction of pollutants, especially in disadvantaged communities that are disproportionately
exposed to harmful diesel emissions.&quot;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">The range of current battery-powered Class-6 UPS delivery
vans is only sufficient for a limited percentage of routes, and often not for the majority of routes in any delivery area. This
percentage can be further reduced if the delivery locations face unexpected heavier loads, hilly terrain or colder temperatures.
A range-extension solution using Ballard's fuel cell range extender system can address these limitations by boosting drive range
and providing certainty of completing daily delivery missions while maintaining zero-emission performance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CALSTART's primary goal for this project is to demonstrate
the business case and technical feasibility of deploying fuel cell hybrid electric Class-6 vehicles with greater range capability
such that UPS chooses to deploy up to 1,500 similar vehicles in its California fleet over the next 5-years &ndash; representing
a significant percentage of UPS's 8,000 California delivery vans &ndash; while also demonstrating the economic and technical potential
of this technology to other operators of the states' approximately 650,000 Class 4-to-7 vehicles.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">&quot;We are delighted to work with CALSTART to demonstrate
the strong fit for our fuel cell module as a range extender in a UPS delivery van,&quot; said Rob Campbell, Ballard Chief Commercial
Officer. &quot;Particularly those UPS vehicles requiring longer range and operating for more hours during each day &ndash; in other
words, delivery vans with high utilization rates &ndash; will benefit from a hybrid solution using Ballard's FCveloCity<SUP>&reg;</SUP>-MD
module. We also see rapid hydrogen refueling as a better alternative approach to long battery recharging times.&quot;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">John Boesel, President and CEO of CALSTART added, &quot;We
are very appreciative of the funding provided by the South Coast Air Quality Management District to develop, deploy, and test a
new competitive zero-emission powertrain for the delivery truck market. Using a fuel cell as a range extender would enable an operator
to cover almost all routes without any range anxiety.&quot;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">The program with UPS will use a 23,000 lb. Class-6 delivery
van capable of speeds up to 65 miles per hour. The UPS van will be equipped with a 71kWh lithium ion battery and a 30kW Ballard
fuel cell engine. Viewed as a replacement for an older diesel delivery van, this zero-emission configuration will deliver a net
24 metric ton reduction in greenhouse gases (GHGs) together with a 0.02 ton reduction in criteria pollutant emissions on an annual
basis.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CALSTART is a member-supported organization of more than 180
firms, fleets and agencies worldwide dedicated to supporting a growing high-tech, clean transportation industry that cleans the
air, creates jobs, cuts imported oil and reduces global warming emissions. CALSTART provides services and consulting to spur advanced
transportation technologies, fuels, systems and the companies that make them.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">Partners for this program include South Coast Air Quality
Management District, UPS, Complete Coach Works (CCW) and Unique Electric Solutions (UES).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0"><B>About Ballard Power Systems</B><BR>
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) provides clean energy products that reduce customer costs and risks, and helps
customers solve difficult technical and business challenges in their fuel cell programs. To learn more about Ballard, please visit
www.ballard.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">This release contains forward-looking statements concerning
anticipated development results and impacts on our products. These forward-looking statements reflect Ballard's current expectations
as contemplated under section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. Any such forward-looking statements are based on Ballard's assumptions relating to its financial forecasts and
expectations regarding its product development efforts, manufacturing capacity, and market demand.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may
cause Ballard's actual results to be materially different, including general economic and regulatory changes, detrimental reliance
on third parties, successfully achieving our business plans and achieving and sustaining profitability. For a detailed discussion
of these and other risk factors that could affect Ballard's future performance, please refer to Ballard's most recent Annual Information
Form. Readers should not place undue reliance on Ballard's forward-looking statements and Ballard assumes no obligation to update
or release any revisions to these forward looking statements, other than as required under applicable legislation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.&nbsp; The Ballard Common Shares have not been registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">SOURCE Ballard Power Systems Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">View original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2018/19/c7787.html</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">%CIK: 0001453015</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>For further information: </B>Guy McAree, +1.604.412.7919, media@ballard.com
or investors@ballard.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CO: Ballard Power Systems Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CNW 19:05e 19-MAR-18</P>



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