Hydrogen: UC Berkeley program tests hydrogen-powered Mercedes A-class

The University of California, Berkeley received a hydrogen-powered Mercedes A-class from DaimlerChrysler to test drive it over the next two years.

The DaimlerChrysler Corporation handed over the keys to the F-Cell to researchers at UC Berkeley's California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways this week as part of a project to study how the vehicle works in real-life surroundings, the university reported.

`We're interested in the performance of the vehicle and the reactions of PATH staff to its experiences with the car,'' Tim Lipman, project co-manager and assistant research engineer at the California Center for Innovative Transportation at UC Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies, said in a statement.

In hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, the hydrogen is converted into electricity, which then powers the motor, the university reported.

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Source: Mercury News via Jalopnik

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