Mercedes-Benz and GM program to promote hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

Mercedes-Benz has launched a hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for B-Class hire people in California. This type of alternative fuel vehicles in the U.S. post.

But Mercedes-Benz is not the first, Honda is leasing the hydrogen fuel cell car FCX Clarity in Southern California since 2008, this place has hydrogen filling stations.

Mercedes B-Class F-Cell is equipped with electric motor power 134 kW, with amenities such as conventional gasoline vehicles, but uses hydrogen fuel and emit only water vapor.

Hydrogen fuel cell car takes only 3 minutes to load fuel, generate electricity from hydrogen fuel cells and a lithium battery to store excess electricity. Sascha Simon director of product planning for Mercedes-Benz Advanced senior American said, "We believe that this is a great addition to the list of alternative fuel products to customers have a choice of lifestyle own modern. "

Hawaii will be the first to market GM's Hydrogen Car

GM has made a huge step forward in plans to launch hydrogen-powered vehicles into the retail market, at least in Hawaii.

Automobile manufacturer based in Detroit announced 12 people have found work in the State of Aloha (My name used to call Hawaii a love) for network investment to provide hydrogen to run cars.

CEO Charles Freese program of fuel cell vehicles GM said, manufacturers alone can not produce cars and building networks to provide fuel for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. But GM will attempt to organize all market conditions willing to accept these advanced technology vehicles in 2015.

Projects bring identification or H2I Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative, focused the participation of government agencies, service companies, gas suppliers and the military, will grow more widespread basis, the goal is set up 25 stations and hydrogen pipelines across the island of Oahu in 2015.

GM spent $ 1.5 billion for the testing programs of hydrogen cell vehicles, about 100 cars Chevrolet Equinox hydrogen fuel cell is rolled trial in the United States. But how to get enough hydrogen to fuel stations throughout the United States is a major challenge.

Due to easy evaporation, liquefaction at negative 253 degrees Celsius, container production, distribution stations and hydrogen pipelines requires high technology and very expensive. If we put an ice cubes in a cooler home, can keep the ice did not melt for several days. If I put ice cubes into the bottle containing hydrogen dedicated to liquid and ice will keep melting in 13 years.

Because the cost of establishing hydrogen distribution stations too expensive, Freese said, a question is difficult for us, "Need a car before or need a fuel station before?"

The state plans to reduce oil consumption 70% by 2030

Hawaii is a perfect test cradle, A driver can not leave the island. Very expensive gasoline prices, oil imports entirely. But Hawaii has large reserves of gas reserves, the services are using this source of natural gas and hydrogen is a byproduct of the refining process gas.
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