Nabern-New Companies in this agreement, Daimler and Ford also formed a new company, Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation (AFCC) to make the vehicle together. Nissan does not come with a reason to avoid the contract between Ford consumption along with Daimler.
However, the three companies have agreed together to distribution costs and greater production volumes when production begins.
"We will move faster if the production run in the near future," said Weber. This collaboration chose Detroit as a production base with the endorsement Tokyo, Vancouver and Stuttgart.
Every brand has the right to market the brand identity of each. "The model will first use the system front wheels," said Weber.
The deal is not yet final three brands. That is, the joint venture is still open for other brands. The agreement also cancel Daimler plans to develop fuel cell technology project itself which was originally targeted to begin next year (2014). German manufacturer has conducted a series of experiments on 200 units of fuel cell technology.
Daimler, Ford and Nissan have agreed to unite step, develop fuel cell technology cars (fuel-cell) at affordable prices from 2017. This agreement marks the beginning of an era of zero-emission cars simultaneously.
All three agreed to create an alliance brands including setting up suppliers, holders of the decision and commitment to the development of hydrogen technologies globally. Including setting up the infrastructure, namely hydrogen filling station for realizing plan.
"Unbelievable! We never close as it creates breakthrough fuel cells," commented Thomas Weber, Research and Development Chief, Daimler AG is quoted Autonews, today (01/28/2013). The three brands of targets to produce 100,000 units of hydrogen-fueled cars.
In order to be in the same position, each brand gets a share of the same investment in the development of systems for storage without detailing the plan.
The deal is similar to persaingain group. Previously, Toyota and BMW have agreed to develop fuel cell technology as a fuel.