Fuel Cell Vehicles for Future Car Concepts 2004-21-0081

This paper gives an overview of environmental and regulatory trends driving the automotive industry and presents DaimlerChrysler's conventional and alternative powertrain activities. A survey of DaimlerChrysler's activities in the field of fuel cell vehicles and news about bringing the latest generation of fuel cell vehicles in customer hands are given. Furthermore, the fuel cell's potential to meet the increasing electrical power demand of future electrified vehicles is set out and the challenges posed on the electrical industry by fuel cell cars are outlined.