Mercedes-Benz is introducing a “research vehicle,” er, concept at the Geneva Motor Show next month that combines hydrogen fuel cells with plug-in hybrid.
That means the F800 Style can travel for 18 miles on electric power alone after being plugged in overnight — and when it runs out of juice it can cruise for another 375 miles on hydrogen. The result: no emissions.
Since it’s a concept and an automaker can can hog-wild — not that staid Mercedes would ever call it that — the F800 has cool sliding rear doors and a sparse interior.
“We are dedicated to reconciling our responsibility for the environment with practical customer utility in a fascinating automobile,” says Thomas Weber, the Daimler Board of Management member responsible for R&D.
The plug-in hybrid powerplant pairs big batteries with a V-6 engine capable of 300 horsepower, or 409 horsepower when the electric motors kick in.
For driving on fuel-cell power, Mercedes-Benz engineers somehow found a way to tuck that componant under the hood with an electric motor near the rear axle nd four hydrogen tanks, two of which are between the passengers.
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