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Necar 3

Second German Television ZDF yesterday night highlighted the presentation of another new Mercedes car at the International Motor Show (IAA) at Frankfurt, Germany.
Mercedes` Chairman Mr. Juergen Schrempp presented the Necar 3, a car powered by fuel cell and with an A-Class body. Mr. Schrempp pointed out that Mercedes-Benz wants to be the first car manufacturer to have a car powered by fuel cell ready for sale. He said he thinks sale to start around the year 2005. (End of TV report from October 1998)

Personal comment by MBEP webmaster:
Only some years ago the very first experimental Mercedes powered by fuel cell was a MB series 100 van. Its cargo space was completely filled with the fuell cell technique. It was superseded by Necar 2, which was a MB Vito, a slightly smaller van where all the technique was integrated into a special bulky roof allowing the interior to remain unchanged and so giving room for up to eight passengers. The fuel cell generates electrical power and there is no exhaust emissions at all but only pure water (WATER!). With China growing economically and the former eastern block in Europe it is expected to have as many as up to 100 million cars within the next 20 or so years in China only. Imagining the environmental damage done by an additional 100 million cars it is not very difficult to realize the advantage of having cars powered by fuel cell.
 

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