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The use of available fuels will allow fuel cells on the market more quickly. Hydrogen could be processed from gasoline onboard vehicles until hydrogen becomes a more practical fuel choice. DaimlerChrysler has been working with an onboard sensor that would tell what kind of fuel is being pumped in and then adjust the reformer on the fly. This system would allow different fuels to be reformed at different temperatures using varying proportions of steam and air. 

DaimlerChrysler is delivering fuel cell vehicles to customers in California. Shell Oil has established a Hydrogen Economy team dedicated to investigate opportunities in hydrogen manufacturing and fuel cell technology in collaboration with others, including DaimlerChrysler. 

DaimlerChrysler s efforts to make a gasoline reformer work was slightly disappointing so the carmaker announced it would concentrate its efforts on methanol, signing on to a program advanced by its partners in the Alliance. Since then, DaimlerChrysler demonstrated a gasoline-powered fuel cell Jeep. 

DaimlerChrysler was slow on producing hybrids, since it felt that Americans would not get too excited about fuel savings. The Toyota Prius and other hybrids have proved this wrong and manufacturers have not been able to keep up with the demand. Until the merger with Daimler-Benz, Chrysler was working on both fuel cell and hybrid technology. 

DaimlerChrysler renewed its interest in liquid hydrogen, and that was the fuel in NECARIV that appeared in 1999. NECARIV was among the first drivable, zero-emission, fuel cell cars in the United States along with the Ford and GM fuel cell prototypes. It was a major advance over NECAR III, whose cell and reformer took up all the passenger space. NECAR IV was still heavy and slower to accelerate than Ford s P2000 fuel cell car, but it had room for five, with a 40% power increase over the earlier version, a higher top speed of 90 miles per hour and a range of 280 miles. 

DaimlerChrysler has been working on hybrid cars while Opel General Motors has built a hydrogen-powered car, HydroGen 1. Ford plans to make its SUVs lighter and more aerodynamic and had plans to introduce an electric version of its Escape SUV. Pininfarina s Metrocubo of 1999 is a hybrid car. 

This was a national research program with research support for over 350 automotive suppliers, universities and small businesses. There were seven government agencies along with the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) that joined with representatives from GM, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler. 

DaimlerChrysler s ESK2 was introduced at the Detroit Auto Show in 1998. It was a lightweight, aerodynamic 70-miles-per-gallon hybrid car and provided a platform for alternative fueled vehicles including fuel cells. 

BMW has made progress with liquid hydrogen and has manufactured several models in its 7 series that can run on this fuel. It is stored in a tank behind the rear seats. Ford has teamed up with DaimlerChrysler, and General Motors with Toyota, to develop cars with hydrogen fuel cells. 

In 1997, Ford announced that it would invest 420 million in a global alliance with what was then Daimler-Benz and Ballard Power Systems. This provided Ballard with an important infusion of capital. As a result of these investments, Ford owned 15% of Ballard and DaimlerChrysler 20%. It was a critical moment for fuel cells since the total investment was reaching almost 1 billion, including the 450 million by DaimlerChrysler. The alliance of Ford, Volvo, and DaimlerChrysler was pushing the leading edge of fuel cell innovation. Ballard has focused on PEM cells with a goal to have commercial fuel cells available by 2010. 

DaimlerChrysler s fuel cell was in the Mercedes-Benz B-class car. The fuel cell is a sandwich design with the polymer PEM cell between... 

The FCX-V2 used a Honda designed fuel cell and reformer. Downsizing the methanol reformer remained to be done and both test cars had room only for a driver and passenger. Fuel cell components took up the rear seats. The need to test fuel cell cars under real-life conditions is one reason Honda joined DaimlerChrysler in the California Fuel Cell Partnership. More recently Honda announced the first lease of its advanced... 

The freeze-resistant 2005 FCX models can operate at -20°C. Other companies, including DaimlerChrysler and GM have also had success with cold-starting cells. The technique used is to keep all water present as a vapor and not allow water droplets to occur. 

DaimlerChrysler had a fleet of more than 100 F-cell fuel cell cars called the F-Cell which were used for worldwide testing. They have also built 33 fuel cell buses for 10 European cities as well as Beijing and Perth. DaimlerChrysler has invested over 1 billion in hydrogen fuel cell technology. The fuel cell vehicle fleet is powered by Ballard stacks. 

In addition to GM, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Honda, Toyota and others have spent billions developing alternative fuel vehicles. GM wants to become the first carmaker to sell a million fuel cell vehicles and hopes to have them on the market by 2010. 

Ballard does not build cars, trucks, or buses. Its sole product is the fuel cell in all of its many applications, plus the auxiliary equipment to make them work. Since Ballard is a pioneer in modern fuel cells its technology is advanced and its fuel cell sales have made it one of the fastest-growing automotive suppliers in the world with alliance partners including DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Volvo, and Volkswagen. 

Mr. Tarek Abdel-Baset, DaimlerChrysler Co., Auburn Hills, Ml... 

Structural Mirror Bracket on 2004 DaimlerChrysler Durango and Dakota made of Rynite 935, a glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyester that can withstand e-coating (177°C for one hour), providing an 86% weight reduction and a 45% cost reduction. 

Engine-Mounted Mechanical Fan Shroud on 2004 DaimlerChrysler RAM HD Pick-Up is manufactured from a TPE (NexPrene 1087A) overmoulded on a plastic ring, leading to a lower cost. 

Development of a glossy, aesthetic and unpainted roof module on the Smart Roadster by DaimlerChrysler AG s Smart. The two-piece, removable roof, built by ArvinMeritor, is surfaced with a thermoformable three-layer film (Lexan by GE Plastics) that can be co-moulded with either thermoplastic or thermoset substrates. The film exhibits 95% gloss retention after the equivalent of 10 years of Florida sun exposure. Weight saving is 50% versus a painted steel roof system. 

Another non-paint approach is being developed by Mayco and DaimlerChrysler Corp, consisting of the extrusion of a glossy, coloured film. After thermoforming to the part shape, it is placed in an injection mould, and thermoplastic is injected behind it. Cost savings are estimated to be 5 to 12 per fascia. 

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Fuel cells have moved remarkably quickly from laboratory to road testing. The City of Los Angeles, California, USA, recently leased the first of five Honda FCX models as part of a demonstration program designed to generate real road data. And, DaimlerChrysler is currently testing 60 Mercedes-Benz "F-Cell" A-Class fuel cell vehicles with demonstration partners under everyday conditions. 

A number of the major automakers have stated their intention to begin selling - or expanding sales of - fuel cell passenger vehicles. Toyota plans to offer about 20 hybrid fuel cell SUVs based on its Highlander platform. Nissan has announced plans to start selling a fuel cell vehicle, and Ford Motor Company said it would offer a fuel cell version of the Focus in low-volume production for small fleet operations. Other FCVs include the CM Opel HydroCen 3, the Hyundai Santa Fe FCEV, and the Nissan Xterra FCV, the DaimlerChrysler Necar 5, and Daihatsu s Move FCV-K-2. 

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