Comments on: Daimler Starts Production on 200 Mercedes B-Class F-Cell Vehicles http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-cars/daimler-starts-production-on-200-mercedes-b-class-f-cell-vehicles/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:33:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Autotransporter http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-cars/daimler-starts-production-on-200-mercedes-b-class-f-cell-vehicles/comment-page-1/#comment-2068 Autotransporter Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:29:51 +0000 http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/?p=917#comment-2068 Great discussion is going on this blog about “Daimler Starts Production on 200 Mercedes B-Class F-Cell Vehicles” i'd like to join with you guys and gain knowledge from it..... Thanks Great discussion is going on this blog about “Daimler Starts Production on 200 Mercedes B-Class F-Cell Vehicles” i’d like to join with you guys and gain knowledge from it….. Thanks

]]> By: admin http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-cars/daimler-starts-production-on-200-mercedes-b-class-f-cell-vehicles/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 admin Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:39:19 +0000 http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/?p=917#comment-2063 My guess is that the Daimler cars will roll out in Germany first where there is an effort to build the supporting hydrogen stations. After that I suspect a low volume of h-cars will roll out in the U. S. in the Los Angeles and New York areas. From now to 2015 is a long time so we'll have to see two things including how the technology progresses and if there is a will by government or industry to put more hydrogen stations in strategic places around the country. My guess is that the Daimler cars will roll out in Germany first where there is an effort to build the supporting hydrogen stations. After that I suspect a low volume of h-cars will roll out in the U. S. in the Los Angeles and New York areas. From now to 2015 is a long time so we’ll have to see two things including how the technology progresses and if there is a will by government or industry to put more hydrogen stations in strategic places around the country.

]]> By: Michael Robinson http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-cars/daimler-starts-production-on-200-mercedes-b-class-f-cell-vehicles/comment-page-1/#comment-2061 Michael Robinson Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:38:35 +0000 http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/?p=917#comment-2061 I heard at some point Daimler saying that they are going to target $30k, of course it may be too early with low production volume for Daimler to achieve that. With fuel cell vehicles starting to come out, it seems like a good time to talk about the infrastructure to refuel them. The high pressure gas storage method is safe and effective, but the trade off is that the stations to fill these tanks are extremely expensive. Unfortunately in the U.S., D.C, New York, and California are about the only states you can refuel a hydrogen car in at a station. There is home refueling, but the cost of the equipment is prohibitively expensive. It wouldn't cost much compared to the stimulus bills to build hydrogen refueling stations, but I don't see the U.S. government taking any action. What can someone in a state without hydrogen refueling stations where the B Class Mercedes fuel cell car won't be sold do? Supposedly in 2015 commercialization efforts will be underway for fuel cell vehicles, but will they be available in Oregon and other states that have yet to construct even one hydrogen refueling station? I heard at some point Daimler saying that they are going to target $30k,
of course it may be too early with low production volume for Daimler
to achieve that. With fuel cell vehicles starting to come out, it seems
like a good time to talk about the infrastructure to refuel them. The high
pressure gas storage method is safe and effective, but the trade off is
that the stations to fill these tanks are extremely expensive. Unfortunately
in the U.S., D.C, New York, and California are about the only states you
can refuel a hydrogen car in at a station. There is home refueling, but
the cost of the equipment is prohibitively expensive.

It wouldn’t cost much compared to the stimulus bills to build hydrogen refueling
stations, but I don’t see the U.S. government taking any action. What can someone in a state without hydrogen refueling stations where the B Class
Mercedes fuel cell car won’t be sold do? Supposedly in 2015 commercialization
efforts will be underway for fuel cell vehicles, but will they be available in Oregon and other states that have yet to construct even one hydrogen refueling station?

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