Mercedes-Benz is really found on hydrogen fuel cells powering automobiles. In fact, I’ve driven what’s mainly the production version of its F-Cell, a tidy B-Class car that’s entering selected lease and fleet use in the U.S. and Europe in 2010—and full-scale production and sales in 2015.
My drive of the Mercedes F-Cell came in the south of France, from Nice into the Principality of Monaco and return. The Monaco venue is most allot in that Prince Albert is a particularly ardent environmentalist. And, of course, the sole emissions of a fuel cell car are a little heat and the purest of water.
A fellow worker and I drove the F-Cell into Monaco along the Bas Corniche, the lower road evasion Riviera harbors. Our return trip came on the Grande Corniche and autoroute, where I ever so briefly probed the car’s claimed 170-km/h (105-mph) top speed. concern , our trip wasn’t long enough to assess a reported range of 400 km (248 miles) based on the F-Cell’s relatively modest 3.7 kg. of on-board H2 compressed to 10,000 psi.
The big news is production readiness of the F-Cell. It’ll be in selective U.S. fleets by mid-2010, reportedly at a lease price comparable to that of a fully-equipped C-Class (perhaps $500/month?). Availability to ordinary folks is scheduled for 2015.
My drive of the Mercedes F-Cell came in the south of France, from Nice into the Principality of Monaco and return. The Monaco venue is most allot in that Prince Albert is a particularly ardent environmentalist. And, of course, the sole emissions of a fuel cell car are a little heat and the purest of water.
A fellow worker and I drove the F-Cell into Monaco along the Bas Corniche, the lower road evasion Riviera harbors. Our return trip came on the Grande Corniche and autoroute, where I ever so briefly probed the car’s claimed 170-km/h (105-mph) top speed. concern , our trip wasn’t long enough to assess a reported range of 400 km (248 miles) based on the F-Cell’s relatively modest 3.7 kg. of on-board H2 compressed to 10,000 psi.
The big news is production readiness of the F-Cell. It’ll be in selective U.S. fleets by mid-2010, reportedly at a lease price comparable to that of a fully-equipped C-Class (perhaps $500/month?). Availability to ordinary folks is scheduled for 2015.
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