Detroit 2009: Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZero previews next generation of Class

For a location outside the reception tonight, the morning before the opening of the Detroit Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz has established itself as a new face BlueZero concept. The car is an example of a technology and an overview of the format of the next generation of the Mercedes B-Class. As the Class A and B, the models, it uses the concept of a sandwich-to-ground and is a modular system of energy. The car is to be expected with three options for food, depending on the range of needs. The E-Cell BlueZero with a 35 kWh lithium-ion batteries for a range of 120 miles, while the F-Cell BlueZero variant is 90 kW hydrogen fuel cells of 240 miles. The efficiency of fuel cells is limited to the equivalent of 81 mpg (U.S.).

The third is the good taste and Mobile E-Plus adds 67 HP three-cylinder Smart ForTwo on the floor again sandwich between the layers, where the spare tire normally. The EV-ER variant short stack in the middle and the only electric. The product line extension, but the success of the entire range of 360 miles.

Mercedes has also announced that it begins to small scale for the mass production of fuel cell-Ba-class, later this year and with a small production scale a series of batteries for electric vehicles the 2010th