30 January 2013

Three carmakers will jointly work on fuel cell vehicles

The Mercedes-Benz parent company, Daimler, has signed an agreement with Renault-Nissan and Ford to jointly develop fuel cell electric vehicle technology, writes Brian Byrne.

It is suggested that the collaboration could lead to the first affordable FCEVs being on the market by 2017.

Together, the three companies have more than 60 years of cumulative experience developing FCEVs and their prototype cars have logged more than 10 million km in test drives around the world in customers’ hands and as part of demonstration projects in diverse conditions.

FCEVs produce no CO2 emissions while driving.