The B-Class F-Cell is a four-door subcompact is a hydrogen-powered electric vehicle that can travel more than 200 miles between fill-ups and doesn’t need an outlet to recharge. The first Mercedes-Benz fuel-cell vehicle to be offered to the public, the B-Class F-Cell is available in one U.S. market: Los Angeles. Southern California is the only region in the country that currently has more than one hydrogen fueling station. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
At its core, the car is a test vehicle for Mercedes -- one that will be used as a steppingstone for its next-generation B-Class F-Cell, which will go into production in 2014. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
The interior is finished with “alpaca gray†leather seats, navigation and other baseline luxury appointments. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
The F-Cell is shorthand for fuel cell. That is to say, it’s a car that runs on electrochemical cells that convert energy from a chemical, such as hydrogen, into electricity. In other words, it’s an electric vehicle that runs on hydrogen gas. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)