Ten Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse F-CELL for a Nordic demonstration project
- H2moves Scandinavia ties in with European infrastructure projects
Oslo – Last Monday the start was given
for the fleet operation of the European lighthouse project, H2moves
Scandinavia; a cooperation of European companies from the infrastructure
and automobile sector.
The aim is to demonstrate the market
readiness of fuel cell vehicles and the push forward of hydrogen
infrastructure. With this commitment the partners tie in seemlessly with
the already existing European demonstration projects, in which the
Daimler AG participates actively since many years.
Fabian Stang, Mayor of Oslo test drives the B-Class F-CELL
Within the project period ten
Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL among others will be delivered to selected
customers and thus be present on Scandinavian roads. Under quite extreme
Nordic weather conditions the vehicles prove again their suitablity for
everyday use. “Electric vehicles with fuel cell are ready to enter the
market and the serial production will commence already in 2014.
But since alternative drives require
alternative infrastructures, we closely work together with partners from
governments, energy providers and several automobile manufacturers”,
says Prof. Herbert Kohler, Vice President eDrive & Future Mobility
of Daimler AG.
Also for the start of this fleet
operation, the third Norwegian H2 fueling station has been inaugurated.
The peculiarity: Its hyrogen production is based on only renewable
sources. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California and as is
well-known proactive supporter of the fuel cell technology, afterwards
opened the sixth annual ZERO Conference and emphasized the relevance of
the future technology.
A road tour through five European
cities, planned for 2012, will build a further milestone within the
initative. Electric vehicles with fuel cell continue to take up speed:
Here today – Everywhere tomorrow!
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