Germany will become the first country completely accessible to fuel cell vehicles in 2015, when carmaker Daimler and the Linde technology group will build 20 new hydrogen filling stations.
The result will quadruple the number of public stations available and make it possible for a fuel cell vehicle to reach any location in the country. Installation of the hydrogen refueling pumps will begin next year at existing gas stations currently operated by various oil companies.
Fuel cell vehicles are essentially a different kind of electric car. Fuel cells generate electricity in a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, which yields only pure water vapor. In a battery electric, the electricity is already stored in the battery. In both cases, the electricity powers the vehicle's engine.
Daimler is building 200 cars for Germany, Norway and the United States this year. Seventy of those will be Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL vehicles going to California. Daimler began manufacturing a small series of this model in late 2009, then quickly decided to make it the first fuel cell passenger car it would mass-produce.
So who said fuel cells are topics of fiction and james bond movies?!
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