Hydrogen Power - Daimler F-Cell
November 3, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Daimler has been testing 60 F-CELL fuel cell vehicles in a vehicle development program throughout the world. It has delivered these to customers in Japan, Singapore, Europe and the United States for trials. Daimler set up maintenance workshops in each country where there were F-CELL trials in order to support fuel cell powered servicing requirements. The German government has approved the installation of a hydrogen fuel infrastructure throughout the country (much like California’s Blueprint) and Daimler will be one of the leading automobile manufacturers for the trials in this project. Read more
All-Electric Smart EV due in 2010 - Plus Video Interview
July 26, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
According to Dieter Zetsche, a fully electric ForTwo will be on sale to the public beginning in 2010. Smart currently has an electric version of its little ForTwo in Europe known as the Smart ed. This uses a sodium-nickel-chloride (Zebra) battery, the 41 horse electric motor has plenty of power to move the vehicle around, and urban performance is said to be improved over the standard model. So far, the electric Smart has only been for testing. Read more
