German Automakers Working On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech (arstechnica.com)

An anonymous reader writes: For the past several years, Japan has been trying to encourage development of hydrogen fuel cell technology for cars. Now it seems some German manufacturers are getting interested as well. "Audi used last week's North American International Auto Show in Detroit to debut its h-tron Quattro fuel cell SUV concept, and the UK's Autocar is reporting that Mercedes-Benz has green-lit for production a fuel cell version of its GLC SUV." The Audi vehicle has a range of roughly 600km. BMW has been working on this problem too: "For quite a while, the company was experimenting with internal combustion engines that used H2 instead of the traditional hydrocarbon fuel. More recently, it showed us an i8 and 5 Series powered by fuel cells, although neither is set for production."

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Havent they been working on it for a while now?

[Osgeld]

Audi:
2004 - Audi A2H2-hybrid vehicle
2009 - Audi Q5-FCEV[1]
2014 - Audi A7 h-tron quattro

BMW:
2010 - BMW 1 Series Fuel-cell hybrid electric[2]
2012 - BMW_i8 fuel-cell prototype[3][4]
2015 - BMW 5-Series Grand Turismo fuel-cell prototype[5]

Daimler:
3 Mercedes-Benz F-Cells completed a 125-day around the world drive in 2011
1994 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 1
1996 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 2
1997 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 3
1999 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 4
2000 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 5
2002 - Mercedes-Benz F-Cell based on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class
2005 - Mercedes-Benz F600 Hygenius
2009 - Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Roadster
2009 - Mercedes-Benz F-Cell based on the Mercedes-Benz B-Class[6]
2013 - Ford Motor Company, Daimler AG, Renault and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. are expected to launch in 2017.

Volkswagen:
2000 - VW Bora Hy-motion-Fuel cell
2002 - VW Bora Hy-power-Fuel cell
2004 - VW Touran Hy-motion-Fuel cell
2007 - VW space up! blue
2008 - VW Passat Lingyu Hymotion[21]
2014 - VW Golf Hymotion

Thanks for the non story asshats