Mercedes GLC F-CELL shows up with 272-mile variety

Mercedes has exposed the GLC F-CELL, a hydrogen fuel-cell version of its BMW X3 as well as Audi Q5 rival that’s already verified for production, at the 2017 Frankfurt motor Show.
The new electric SUV has a pair of 4.4kg hydrogen tanks below the floor, each encased in carbon fibre as well as running at a pressure of 700 bar. Refuelling takes approximately the exact same as a conventionally fuelled car – about three minutes – as well as when full, the GLC F-CELL has variety of as much as 437km, depending upon which mode the car is using. 
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The rated output of the car’s fuel cell is 147kW, with 350Nm of torque available. That’s sufficient to take the GLC to an digitally restricted top speed of 160km/h. 
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As well as utilizing hydrogen fuel, the GLC F-CELL can be charged from a wall socket. This replenishes lithium-ion batteries which can then help the general system or run the cars and truck in pure-electric mode for short distances (around 49km).
The newest F-CELL can run in four modes. hybrid enables the cars and truck to draw energy from both the fuel cell as well as the lithium-ion battery, while F-CELL preserves the battery fee by utilizing only the fuel cell. BATTERY forces the GLC to run utilizing power from just the lithium-ion cells, while fee goes even more than F-CELL by actively charging the battery as the cars and truck is driving along.