Mercedes Sprinter - Worlds First Fuel Cell Transportation

The Spring From Mercedes

In the mid-nineties, as in on the passenger sides, where there are many completely renewed and commercial vehicles new series are presented. The prelude to this radical change makes in the spring of 1995 a new van; the first commercial vehicle that the company has a name instead of abbreviation or number combination. The Sprinter is the new lines which starts with longitudinally mounted front engine and drive to the rear axle to the technical concept of its predecessor. Soon afterwards follow with Vito, Vario, Actros and Atego within 36 months completely new vans and trucks in all weight classes. They form, though now all fundamentally refined or even completely renewed until today the backbone of commercial vehicles from Mercedes-Benz.


Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2001

MERCEDES SPRINTERAt the beginning of 2001 Mercedes-Benz expanded the program with the Sprinter 616 CDI to continue. It is available as a flatbed, dump trucks or chassis with day cab or double cab with 6.0 tons and derated at 5.0 tones GVW. It was characterized by a stable integral frame, which is continuously fed and not just in height of the rear axle, and a rear twin tires wide track, the top model used at users who rely on large payloads to transport heavy goods. The damper legs at the front or at the rear axle, the shock absorbers are additionally reinforced.


Load Capacity of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2001

The front axle of this vehicle is load up to 2100 kg, rear axle up to 4360 kg. The intercooled five-cylinder CDI engine with turbocharger makes 156 hp and provides more power and less consumption.


Fuel Cell Transportation

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2001 is fuel cell powered. It is the worlds first fuel cell Transportation, and after it’s launching it got famous a lot in many countries around the world. In the same year, the Mercedes-Benz presents another alternative drive concept for the Sprinter. With an output of 55 kW the Mercedes Benz fuel cell Sprinter reaches a top speed of 120 km / h with a range of more than 150 km away. The fuel cell Sprinter utilizes gaseous hydrogen as fuel. In the fuel cell combines the gaseous hydrogen with atmospheric oxygen to form water and thereby provides electrical energy and heat. With the resultant current, an electric motor is then operated. This direct conversion of hydrogen into electrical energy, the efficiency of the fuel cell is twice as high as that of a gasoline engine.


In 2002, the Mercedes Sprinter 2001 undergoes a further facelift. Externally now fall on clear-lens headlamps and two colors held in red and white tail lights and a modified radiator grille and white side indicators. All Sprinter van and van up to 3.5 tones gross weight available equipped as only one in its class with the ESP in conjunction with ABS, ASR and BAS and in some countries. Two years later, ESP also includes all of the Sprinter chassis up to 3.5 tones gross vehicle weight of the standard specification.

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