19.3.2019 Stuttgart. Wolfgang Reimer goes ahead with a good example and today his company vehicle with a fuel cell and Plug-in Hybrid technology, the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL, will be accepted.
Frank Deiß, head of Powertrain production Mercedes-Benz Cars and the location Manager of the Mercedes plant-Benz in Untertürkheim, handed over the car today at the hydrogen filling station in Wendlingen.
The Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL (hydrogen combined fuel consumption: 0.34 kg/100 km, CO2-emissions combined: 0 g/km; power consumption combined: 13,7 kWh/100 km)1 has a unique in the world both on fuel cell – battery drive charged via Plug-in technology EXT. He “refuels” non-current of pure hydrogen. First, at the IAA in 2017, presents, comes to the GLC F-CELL since the end of 2018, to selected customers in the German market. According to the Minister of transport Hermann and Prime Minister Kretschmann, the Stuttgart-based President of the government, is now a part of the customer.
The state initiative for electric mobility is a component in the package of measures in the country on air pollution and sustainable mobility. Vehicles with alternative drive systems are gaining more and more importance – in the land administration. “The car is a Central part of our mobility. However, it requires a sustainable and climate-friendly technology. The country’s authorities want to show with the use of low-emission vehicles: We don’t just talk about low-emission mobility, we make a contribution,“ says the Stuttgart-based President of the government, Wolfgang Reimer today for the Handover of his future service vehicle at the hydrogen filling station in Wendlingen.
“I am delighted to hand over to the President of the government, Wolfgang Reimer his GLC F-CELL with fuel cell ‘made in the valley of the Neckar,'” said Frank Deiß, head of Powertrain production Mercedes-Benz Cars and the location Manager Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim, at the official Handover of the GLC F-CELL. “The mobility of the future will be varied. We see a great potential in fuel cell technology, particularly in the long – haul, or commercial vehicle sector. With the change towards sustainable mobility our production are changing sites. The tradition of the Untertürkheim plant, the fuel cell produces, to a high-tech location for the components of E-mobility. With his GLC F-CELL Mr. Reimer sends a positive Signal in the direction of a sustainable mobility.“
[1] figures for fuel consumption, electricity consumption and CO2-emissions are preliminary and have been determined by the Technical service for the certification process in accordance with the provisions of the WLTP test procedure and NEDC-values is correlated. The EC-type approval and a certificate of conformity with the official values are not yet available. Deviations between the data and the official values are possible.