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Testing a Mercedes-Benz hydrogen fuel cell powered car


We visited entrepreneur and engineer Mike Strizky in Hopewell, New Jersey, where he’s among the first in the US to test drive the Mercedes-Benz A-Class hydrogen fuel cell powered car.

Mercedes distributed 60 of the cars throughout the US, Japan, Germany, and Singapore in order to collect data from users and improve their next round of fuel cell vehicles.

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Posted by Victoria Schlesinger on Aug 11, 2008 at 12:10 PM
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Arrrrgh! What is the allure of these cars that keeps them front and center in ALL of the media -- PlentyMag and other "ecoconscious" publications included? They simply *aren't going to happen* -- not in any significant (mass-produced, affordable, near-term, energy-efficient or easily-refillable way). Do your homework, read Joseph Romm's The Hype about Hydrogen, learn about the five miracles that need to occur (including complete stagnation of competing technologies), and then report back...

Meanwhile, I'll be looking forward to buying my first battery electric or PHEV in the next year or two!

Posted by:Timmy |August 11, 2008 10:41 PM

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