Although there are currently no fuel cell cars available for commercial sale, over 20 FCEVs prototypes and demonstration cars have been released since 2009.[14] Automobiles such as the GM HydroGen4,[9] Honda FCX Clarity, Toyota FCHV-adv and Mercedes-Benz F-Cell are all pre-commercial examples of fuel cell electric vehicles. Fuel cell electric vehicles have driven more than 3 million miles, with more than 27,000 refuelings.[15]
Several of the car manufacturers have announced plans to introduce a production model of a fuel cell car in 2015. In 2013, Toyota has stated that it plans to introduce such a vehicle at a price of less than $100,000.[16] Mercedes Benz announced in 2011 that it plans to move up the production of the Mercedes-Benz F-Cell to 2014.[17]
Some notable releases since 2009 include:[14]
- Hyundai Tucson-ix35 FCEV (2010)
- BMW 1 series-fuel cell hybrid (2010)
- Mercedes-Benz-F800-(2010)
- Mazda 5Hydrogen RE Hybrid (2009)
- Fiat Panda-HyTRAN (2009)
- Audi Q5-FCEV (2009)
- Nissan X-Trail-FCV (2009)
- Volkswagen Caddy-Maxi HyMotion (2009)
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class-F-Cell (2009)