Showing commitment for the H2 Mobility initiative, Dieter Zetsche accepted the Award IPHE (International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy) in the category” Excellence in Leadership at the opening of the Conference. The aim of the initiative is to advance the commercialization of electric vehicles with fuel cells and make hydrogen and fuel cell technology an integral part in the future of the automotive world.
This is collective effort with EnBW, Linde, OMV, Shell, Total, Vattenfall and the National Organisation for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW GmbH) whome all adopted a Memorandum of Understanding that was initiated by Daimler and lime. To reach their goal, they have been building a nationwide hydrogen refueling stations in Germany.
Daimler at the World Hydrogen Energy Conference
The 18th World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC) is considered the world’s most important trade event on hydrogen and its economic use as an energy source. The WHEC pursues the goal of a sustainable, environmentally friendly energy through the use of hydrogen. The international experts will discuss the state of developments and on the market preparation and introduction of hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The focus of this year’s conference is on innovations, developments and the latest research results of German industry and science.
For Daimler AG, participation in this conference as part of a mobility issue is an obvious step, because electric vehicles with fuel cell technology is an integral part of the drive Daimler roadmap to sustainable mobility. It allows locally emission-free mobility, range and short refueling times and at the same time high. “It is no longer a question of whether the fuel cell is a viable alternative to the combustion engine, but only when,” said Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG, at the start of the conference. “The technology is already ready for the market. Now, to pave the way for the broad market, we need a targeted research funding, an effective market activation and binding, global standards, “said Dieter Zetsche.
Ride & Drive with electric vehicles with fuel cell
Insights into market-ready state of the art Mercedes-Benz give presentations and exhibits on Daimler’s stand, and the opportunity to Ride & Drive. In addition to the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL, and the Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL hybrid is represented at the WHEC. All attendees of the conference, both vehicles offered under the Ride & Drive and try to experience yourself. Both vehicles impressively demonstrate the tangible everyday practicality of fuel cell technology from Daimler.
Introduction of electric vehicles with fuel cell
Ongoing demonstration projects such as the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP), in which the oil industry, energy suppliers and the automotive industry are involved show that the manufacture, storage, transport and use of compressed hydrogen is technically possible, as well as the construction of the necessary infrastructure. In addition, the leading car manufacturer, an MoU for the development and market introduction of electric vehicles have announced a fuel cell. You do this by 2015 worldwide by several hundred thousand vehicles over the entire life cycle.
