"Mercedes" features: characteristic headlights, a radiator grill, an swept hood - is available. But the creators of the Mercedes-Benz F 600 Hygenius concept do not hide: styling is not the main thing. The design was subordinated to technology - what is hidden under the floor of a tall car. There are 400 fuel cells assembled in four batteries, and a tank with hydrogen.
Building a prototype, the engineers tried to prove: unlike previous hydrogen cars, this one is noticeably more comfortable, more comfortable, more efficient. The first 1994 Mercedes-Benz Necar (New Electric Car) was packed with equipment under the roof. In the spacious interior of the F 600 nothing reminds of a power plant, and the maximum distance between the rows of seats - 945 mm - like in a business class sedan. By the way, a separate pride of the designers is the driver's seat with a back in two parts. The lower part is automatically adjusted, it is worth adjusting the upper, helping to take the most comfortable and harmless pose for health.
In general, unobtrusively providing services is one of the main features of the F 600 concept. Do you raise the trunk door? The floor rolls out for easy loading, and the bumper drops to the ground. Video cameras in exterior mirrors will help you see your neighbors in traffic who are in the dead zone not only on the go, but also when you leave the car in the parking lot. Even the information displays of the driver and front passenger adjust to their postures. In addition, thanks to a complex system of mirrors hidden by the screen, the driver’s eyes perceive the image as if it were at a distance of 1.4 m. This is necessary so that the driver does not constantly do eye-boring exercise, looking from the road to the screen.
The fastening of the Isofix child seats now and on production vehicles will not surprise anyone. But special niches for heating baby food bottles are an unusual option. But do not lose the heat generated by the fuel cells! By the way, it's time to "underground" "Mercedes". There are the latest achievements of the "hydrogen industry". Say, bipolar plates, in the channels of which a chemical reaction takes place, are only 0.15 m thick. A fuel tank containing 4 kg of hydrogen at a pressure of 700 bar provides a range of up to 400 km. The turbocharger that cools the fuel cells is three times smaller and seven times lighter than on earlier similar Mercedes cars. Allegedly, the car will work even in 25-degree frost. But one of the main disadvantages of hydrogen vehicles was the freezing of fuel cells even at zero degrees.