With the Mercedes-Benz A-Class F-Cell, the first fuel-cell-powered passenger car is now on the road in Iceland. DaimlerChrysler today delivered the zero-emissions vehicle to the companies Landsvirkjun and Reykjavik Energy. The two energy utilities will use the vehicle for an initial period of one year in their fleets under realistic conditions. “Mobility plays an essential role on the way towards a sustainable hydrogen economy," says Gudmundur Thoroddsson, CEO of Reykjavik Energy, which is implementing the policy of over one-half of the company’s fleet being fuelled by alternative sources by 2013. “We are convinced, that fuel cell driven vehicles are the concept of the future.” At the beginning of 2008, DaimlerChrysler will deliver the next A-Class F-Cell to Iceland.

Ford Motor Company will take its 10 years of hydrogen research expertise to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August in an attempt to set the world land speed record in a hydrogen fuel cell powered Ford Fusion.

The Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 fuel cell car - a collaboratively engineered racer with Ballard, Roush and Ohio State University - is one of two vehicles Ford's fuel cell research team is helping prepare to set world land speed records. Ford researchers also are working with Ohio State University student engineers on its Buckeye Bullet 2, a fuel cell-powered racer that will compete for a similar world record in the unlimited class category.