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AUGUST 21, 2017

At the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) from 14 to 24 September 2017, Mercedes-Benz will showcase the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE sports car with Formula 1 hybrid drive technology; an electric concept car by the EQ brand in the compact car segment; and the GLC F‑CELL EQ Power, a pre-series model with fuel cell hybrid drive.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Mercedes-Benz F 125! Mercedes-Benz presented the F125! research vehicle (the “125” marking 125 years of the automobile), a fuel-cell plug-in hybrid with a range of more than 1,000 km (621 miles) that anticipates more than two generations of vehicles to 2025 and beyond. Mercedes-Benz F 125! Hydrogen storage.

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MARCH 21, 2018

Daimler is currently systematically preparing for series production of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL; the company had shown preproduction models of the hydrogen fuel cell SUV at the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt last September ( Earlier post.). The plug-in hybrid SUV will be produced at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Mercedes delivered its first plug-in hybrid F-Cell fuel cell SUV in Berlin earlier this week. Mercedes is only leasing or renting the vehicles (it says "renting short-term or long-term") to select customers in German cities where hydrogen refueling infrastructure is available.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Daimler, Shell and Linde inaugurated the city of Bremen’s first hydrogen filling station, providing a refueling option on the important route between Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia. The GLC F-CELL is the first vehicle to combine innovative fuel-cell and battery technology in a purely electric plug-in hybrid.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Daimler will introduce a series-production fuel-cell plug-in hybrid—the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL—in 2017. The B-Class F-CELL and the Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid urban bus have together now clocked up in excess of 12 million kilometers (7.5 The Mercedes-Benz fuel cell system. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Daimler Greater China opened its new 865-million RMB Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in China and extended its local R%D network in Beijing. At the official opening, Gorden Wagener, Head of Design Daimler AG, presented the Mercedes-Benz G-Code plug-in hybrid crossover show car. Mercedes-Benz G-Code.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

It's a plug-in hybrid crossover, but it doesn't have an engine. It's a hydrogen fuel-cell SUV, but it has a feature no other hydrogen-powered car offers. It's the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell EQ Power, launched Tuesday at the Frankfurt motor show.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

At the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, Mercedes-Benz will display publicly for the first time the pre-production version of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F‑CELL fuel cell plug-in hybrid. Mercedes-Benz has already gathered experience with hydrogen-powered electric vehicles over several vehicle generations. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Alternative drives (battery-electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, gas, and hydrogen) took up around a quarter of all new light-duty vehicle registrations in Germany in 2020, according to figures from the KBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority). VW held a 17.4% share of that, the highest proportion (+608.6%

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

Mercedes-Benz introduced a new advanced design concept at the Tokyo Motor Show: the Vision Tokyo. The concept is powered by a fuel cell electric drive system based on the F-CELL PLUG-IN HYBRID of the self-driving F 015 Luxury in Motion concept introduced at CES in January. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 19, 2016

The Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class crossover will be offered with a plug-in hybrid powertrain option, but Mercedes apparently isn't stopping there. The small crossover--which replaces the old GLK-Class--will also reportedly be the basis for Mercedes' first production hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Hydrogen-powered vehicles can now refill their tanks at the OMV service station in Metzingen. The new hydrogen station is located at Auchtertstraße 19 in Metzingen. The Metzingen site is one of these stations, and will improve hydrogen supply in the Stuttgart metropolitan region. —Norbert Barthle. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 9, 2021

will set up an engine production facility on the site of the Mercedes-Benz Mannheim, Germany plant for local production of medium-duty engines that meet the Euro VII emissions standard for Daimler Trucks and Buses. Cummins Inc. Production is expected to start in the second half of the decade.

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MAY 25, 2012

Since the end of 2011, five Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid models have been serving on routes in and around Brugg (in the canton of Aargau) as PostAuto vehicles. Over the next five years, PostAuto will test the fuel-cell drive, using clean hydrogen as fuel.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid. Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL hybrid buses ( earlier post ) will be entering service next year in the CHIC (Clean Hydrogen in European Cities) project, which got underway in Cologne, Germany on 4 November. Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid. Click to enlarge. million kilometers.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Today, we've got some worrying news from a California car-buyer survey, a self-driving hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid fuel economy tested in cold winter weather, and a new Mercedes with a stunning interior. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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JULY 3, 2018

Last fall, Mercedes-Benz Vans announced it would offer electric drive options on all its commercial van model lines starting with the mid-size eVito, with further model ranges following in 2019. Mercedes-Benz Vans also announced that it will augment its powertrain line-up in the medium term with a fuel cell option. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid. Three more buses are to follow next year. Earlier post.). Overall length.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Mercedes-Benz has delivered a B-Class F-CELL to the German Federal Ministry of Transport for daily use. Another B-Class F-CELL was also accepted by NOW GmbH—the National Organization Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology. Germany is a world leader in the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technology.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The diesel-powered E350 BlueTEC and hydrogen fuel-cell-powered F-Cell will be making their North American debuts at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. Mercedes-Benz will also introduce its first hybrid SUV, the two-mode ML450 HYBRID, to the West Coast. The E350 BlueTEC ( earlier post ) is powered by a 3.0-liter

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MARCH 14, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Mercedes-Benz could launch a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle in 2017, a crowd-funded Tesla car-sharing service, and an electric scooter that fits in a briefcase. Meet our used 2001 Honda Insight hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Startup Vukee hopes to crowd-fund a Tesla car-sharing service.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Motor Trend gushes over the Tesla Model S P85D, Land Rover contemplates an all-electric Range Rover model, and Mercedes-Benz unveils the hydrogen-electric hybrid G-Code crossover concept. Today''s news is fairly electric. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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MAY 9, 2009

The new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid. The new Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid bus will have its world premiere from 7-11 June at the UITP Congress in Vienna (the World Congress of the International Association of Public Transport). The latest development for 2009 is the new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 13, 2019

Daimler AG aims to have a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet by 2039, said Ola Källenius, the future Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, and currently still responsible for Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development as a member of the Board of Management. Our GLC F-CELL (combined hydrogen consumption: 0.34

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MARCH 18, 2011

Mercedes-Benz will set up its own production of fuel cell stacks in Canada. This is where the fuel cell stack used in the current Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL and the Citaro FuelCell Hybrid city bus was developed. Since 2009, Mercedes-Benz has produced the fuel cell powered B-Class F-CELL under large-scale production conditions.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Starting in 2021, public transport company Hamburger Hochbahn AG will be field- testing the new Mercedes-Benz eCitaro articulated bus with a fuel cell as a range extender. Mercedes-Benz will deliver two correspondingly equipped buses during the course of 2021. The eCitaro is based on the best-selling Mercedes-Benz Citaro city bus.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Mercedes-Benz is investing a total of around €3 billion (US$3.3 For the mobility of the future, we are deliberately not committing ourselves to one solitary form of drive system, but to a coexistence of efficient and clean petrol engines, diesels, plug-in hybrids, battery and hydrogen drive systems. —Prof. Energy recovery.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Fuel cell hybrid buses are no longer a distant dream – because the Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL hybrid buses will enter service next year as part of the Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC) project.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Every so often when discussing alternative fuels, the subject of hydrogen comes up. Some carmakers, including Mercedes-Benz and Honda, have been pursuing hydrogen as an alternative to gasoline and diesel for several years now, and at the recent 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show Mercedes created a stir with its F125!

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its latest research vehicle. The new F800 Style is a five-seat upper-range sedan featuring an all-new multi drive platform suited for a hydrogen fuel cell electric drive with a range of almost 600 kilometers (373 miles) as well as the a plug-in hybrid drive with a 30 km (19 mile) all-electric range.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Mercedes-Benz will put the first fuel-cell-powered vehicle with plug-in technology into series production: the GLC F-CELL. The 48V system will make fuel savings possible that previously were the exclusive domain of the high-voltage hybrid technology. We will electrify all Mercedes-Benz passenger car model series step by step.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles face the challenge of a global fueling infrastructure that doesn't exist and will cost billions to build. Now Mercedes plans to combine the easy recharging of a plug-in electric vehicle with the long-distance advantages attributed to vehicles fueled by hydrogen.

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JUNE 13, 2016

This morning, Mercedes-Benz announced that its upcoming GLC F-Cell hydrogen fuel-cell crossover SUV would also include a battery pack that plugs in to recharge. DON'T MISS: Mercedes-Benz GLC to offer world's. Just like an electric car.

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JUNE 22, 2011

While most major automakers are working on new battery-powered electric cars and plug-in hybrids, some are still investigating the benefits of more advanced fuel cell vehicles that use a hydrogen fuel cell stack to convert hydrogen into usable electric power.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The introduction of Mercedes’ first hydrogen fuel cell car, based on its B-Class, will be delayed as the carmaker awaits the development of more hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, according to Headlineauto.co.uk Mercedes' this morning. A collaboration with Ford and Nissan announced earlier this year, will [.].

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

It’s hard to say what the automotive landscape will look like in 25 years, but this much is certain: Mercedes-Benz will still be building luxury sedans for those lucky enough to afford them.

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