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Dr. Z: BEVs and hybrids for the near term, fuel cells for the long haul

Like pretty much every major automaker, Daimler is preparing to launch battery electric vehicles in the next few years. However, again like many of its competitors, the German automaker remains unconvinced that batteries will see the kind of technical progress needed to make them a truly viable long-term mainstream option. Like Honda, Toyota, General Motors and Hyundai, (and to lesser degrees, Ford, Nissan and others) Daimler sees the hydrogen fuel cell as the best option for the end game. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche spoke with ... Read more →

Dieter Zetsche: Hydrogen cars are not economically viable Xavier Navarro

Spanish Economy newspaper El Economista has published an interview with Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler, in which he says what a lot of our readers have been saying: hydrogen engines don't make sense. ...

Mercedes boss doesn't plan to let cost be an issue for more efficient cars Sam Abuelsamid

Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche told Motor Trend this week that increased cost was not going to be an issue for his company to meet new fuel economy standards. Obviously getting improved efficiency ...

Dieter Zetsche sees fuel cells on our roads in 5-8 years Jeremy Korzeniewski

GM isn't the only one ready for a lot of hydrogen fuel cell cars. Daimler chairman Dieter "Dr. Z" Zetsche believes that the technology for fuel cell vehicles is here today and that vehicles using the ...

Dr. Z: BEVs and hybrids for the near term, fuel cells for the long haul 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Like pretty much every major automaker, Daimler is preparing to launch battery electric vehicles in the next few years. However, again like many of its competitors, the German automaker remains unconvinced that batteries will see the kind of technical progress needed to make them a truly ...

Dieter Zetsche: Hydrogen cars are not economically viable 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Spanish Economy newspaper El Economista has published an interview with Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler, in which he says what a lot of our readers have been saying: hydrogen engines don't make sense. While speaking about Mercedes' upcoming models, Zetsche gave a solid affirmation about downsides of ...

Mercedes boss doesn't plan to let cost be an issue for more efficient cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche told Motor Trend this week that increased cost was not going to be an issue for his company to meet new fuel economy standards. Obviously getting improved efficiency out of powertrains would make them more expensive as they have to meet U.S. CAFE and European CO2 ...

Dieter Zetsche sees fuel cells on our roads in 5-8 years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

GM isn't the only one ready for a lot of hydrogen fuel cell cars. Daimler chairman Dieter "Dr. Z" Zetsche believes that the technology for fuel cell vehicles is here today and that vehicles using the hydrogen-for-energy system will be available in five to eight years time. Zetsche also believes that ...


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