Thomas Weber Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:45:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Daimler's Herbert Kohler Optimistic About Fuel Cell Cars Getting Diesel-Cheap in the Next 2 Years https://www.greenoptimistic.com/herbert-kohler-fuel-cell-price-trend-20110201/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/herbert-kohler-fuel-cell-price-trend-20110201/#respond Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:45:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16965 The German automobile producer Daimler (the owner of the Mercedes brand) seems to be quite optimistic about the development of fuel cell cars in the near future. Yesterday I wrote about Tesla Motors' CEO, Elon Musk, who was also enthusiastic about his own niche, battery-powered electric vehicles.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/herbert-kohler-fuel-cell-price-trend-20110201/feed/ 0 16965 Mercedes Says They Tried EV Battery Swapping and It Didn't Work https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mercedes-versus-project-better-place-20090311/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mercedes-versus-project-better-place-20090311/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:45:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2974 I happen to be an electric car enthusiast. I like the idea of driving clean and having silent power underneath me. It's been talked about project Better Place lately, as being a system who uses a battery swapping infrastructure. IBM and the Danish government have involved in such a project and found it reliable. Mercedes, on the other hand, says they have tested the system in the 70s and found out it's not so safe.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mercedes-versus-project-better-place-20090311/feed/ 1 2974 BlueZERO, Mercedes Green Project Unveiled at NAIAS in Detroit https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bluezero-mercedes-green-project-unveiled-at-naias-in-detroit-20090114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bluezero-mercedes-green-project-unveiled-at-naias-in-detroit-20090114/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:51:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1587 Mercedes presented their latest fuel cell car, BlueZero, at NAIAS in Detroit. The vehicle is built on modular architecture with a range of powertrains including fuel cells.

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