Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Europe – Leg 28: From Hamburg to Stuttgart
Mittwoch, 1.Juni 2011On May 30, the fuel cell vehicles will embark on the last leg of the F-CELL World Drive, leading them from Hamburg via Berlin and Nuremberg to the Mercedes-Benz Headquarters in Stuttgart.
About 250 guests will then welcome the convoy after its 125-day trip in the course of a festivity, taking place in the Mercedes-Benz Museum. [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Europe – Leg 27: From Oslo to Hamburg
Montag, 30.Mai 2011On May 28 the F-CELL World Drive embarks on a two-day trip, leading it towards its destination Germany, where the tour departed from in January. From Oslo in Norway via Malmö in Sweden the route leads to Hamburg. The vehicles thereby cover a distance of 1.200 Kilometer in four countries. Before the beginning of this [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Europe – Leg 24: From Moscow to St. Petersburg
Freitag, 20.Mai 2011From the Russian capital Moscow, the F-CELL World Drive starts on its 24th leg on May 20. During three days, the vehicles travel 800 kilometers to St. Petersburg. One day before, local media took the opportunity to test drive the locally emission-free B-Class F-CELL in Moscow.
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Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive homeward bound. Just 5000 Kilometres to Go: B-Class F-CELL Reaches Europe
Montag, 16.Mai 2011After a 9000-kilometre journey through China and Kazakhstan and some 25,000 locally emissions-free kilometres covered, our three fuel-cell vehicles crossed the final continental boundary of the tour on 15 May 2011:
the 107th day of the F-CELL World Drive saw the tour head from Chelyabinsk to Ufa in Russia, and from there back to Europe, [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Asia – Leg 22: From Astana to Chelyabinsk
Freitag, 13.Mai 201123 days and about 8,500 kilometres after the start in Shanghai, the 22nd leg takes the F-CELL World Drive across the second national frontier on this stage. On May 13 the three fuel cell vehicles embark on a two-day leg over 1,000 kilometres from Astana in Kazakhstan to Chelyabinsk in Russia. They thereby already reach [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Asia – Leg 20: From Jiayuguan to Almaty
Dienstag, 3.Mai 2011Starting on May 3, the 20th leg of the F-CELL World Drive leads the participants from Jiayuguan, across the Chinese border towards Almaty in Kazakhstan. The route of the five-day trip runs about 2,100 kilometers throughout the Chinese west, until the tour crosses the border to Kazakhstan on May 7. In Almaty, the tour takes [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Asia. Leg 19: From Xi’An to Jiayuguan
Freitag, 29.April 2011On April 29, the three fuel cell vehicles embarked on their 19th leg, leading them from Xi’An to Jiayuguan and thereby covering a distance of 1,400 kilometers in three days time. All in all, the tour therewith travelled about 4,000 kilometers in China. On May 2nd the tour therefore takes a one-day break in Jiayuguan [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Asia – Leg 17: From Shanghai to Peking
Mittwoch, 27.April 2011On April 22, after a stopover at the largest automobile exhibition of Asia, the “Auto Shanghai”, the F-CELL World Drive started the last and longest stage of the world tour which leads through China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Europe. The first leg in China leads the vehicles over a distance of 1,400 kilometers from Shanghai to [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Asia. Leg 18: From Beijing to Xi’An
Dienstag, 26.April 2011Setting of from the Chinese capital Beijing, the F-CELL World Drive embarked on its 18th leg on April 26. The green B-Class F-CELL vehicles with fuel cell drive will cover about 1,300 kilometers on their way to Xi’An. On April 25, the tour took the opportunity to inform local politicians in Beijing about the advantages [...]
New challenges for the B-Class F-CELL: F-CELL World Drive on the way back to Europe – more than 14,000 kilometres from China to Germany
Mittwoch, 20.April 2011On 22 April the F-CELL World Drive will depart from the “Auto Shanghai” show in China for the last and longest leg of its round-the-world tour. From Shanghai the route will take it via Kazakhstan and Russia back to Europe, where the tour began in January.
In 41 days the three fuel cell powered B-Class [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Australia – Leg 16: From Ceduna to Perth
Mittwoch, 6.April 2011Starting on April 6, the participants will face the longest leg of the F-CELL World Drive, leading them from Ceduna to Perth. During four days, the vehicles cover more than 2,000 kilometres until they arrive at the west coast in Perth. The Australian stage ends in Perth. On eleven driving days, the vehicles will then [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Australia – Leg 15: From Adelaide to Ceduna
Montag, 4.April 2011On the 4th of April, the F-CELL World Drive starts its 15th leg from Adelaide to Ceduna. With that, the second half of the F-CELL World Drive begins: the participants have already gotten over with one half of the 125-day tour. Until they reach Ceduna the vehicles will have to drive more than 900 kilometres [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Australia – Leg 14: From Melbourne to Adelaide
Samstag, 2.April 2011After an event for representatives of the local media on April 1st, the F-CELL World drive will embark on its 14th leg towards Adelaide on April 2nd. On this two-day journey the vehicles will cover a distance of 1,000 kilometres. Furthermore, the tour will have a reason to celebrate upon arrival in Adelaide: one half [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in Australia – Leg 13: From Sydney to Melbourne
Donnerstag, 31.März 2011On March 29, the three B-Class F-CELL vehicles started in Sydney and embarked on their 13th leg, therewith starting the third stage of the F-CELL World Drive. Within three days the tour will cover 1,300 kilometres. On top of that, Australian media took the chance to test drive the B-Class F-CELL during a press event, [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in North America – Leg 12: From Salem to Vancouver
Donnerstag, 17.März 2011On March 14th, prior to the start of the 12th leg, Mercedes-Benz hosted an event for local politicians, in order to increase their awareness for the potentials of fuel cell technology. On March 15th the vehicles will then continue their journey towards Seattle, before they will cross the border to Canada on the next day. [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in North America – Leg 11: From Sacramento to Salem
Montag, 14.März 2011On the eleventh leg, the F-CELL World Drive embarks from Sacramento, California, to Salem, which is the capital of the state of Oregon. Each of the vehicles covers a total of 870 kilometers – locally emission-free.
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