Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL: First Plug-In FCV, Production Starts In 2017 To me it looks like a trojan horse, to enter japan with a plug-in that is also a fcv. With 9kwh of battery how much gasoline would it really use? Still it likely will cost mercedes a lot less to produce than the current f-cell.
Very likely - yet it seems there's is a bit of irony ... not that MB's vehicle here isn't better than a straight hydrogen vehicle ... it's likely less costly than Toyota's ~$100k4 seater compact - which maybe some day could profitably be sold for $45k .... maybe. Still a whole LOT of $$ for average Joe, especially for just a 4seater. Does that mean MB might be able to eventually sell 'em for "only" $40k ? Ok, so now you have a costly ride that (using hydrogen) is almost on par with the efficiency/cleanliness of a Prius ... except unless it's primarily running on battery, the cleanliness (including C02) of its power can never match a PV solar recharged vehicle. If you plan on primarily using the electric power rather than hydrogen, then you still have the issue of having to build out a trillion-dollar infrastructure - so that you have hydrogen's faster refuel benefit .... & ignore whether the hydrogen reformation will be via coal, ah la Toyota's plan. .
