Mercedes new F-Cell vehicle is being marketed as a car that's "virtually invisible to the environment." That's because the hydrogen fuel cell electric car, which converts compressed hydrogen into electricity to drive the motor, has only one emission: water vapor.
To promote the car's invisibility, Mercedes equipped one side of the car with sheets of LEDs that show streaming images captured by a Canon 5D Mark II camera attached to the other side of the car. The car blends into the background, making it nearly invisible.
The car should be going into production in 2014, and although "invisible" won't be one of the color choices, its 240-mile range should still appeal to folks.
Mercedes Unveils Invisible Car...What?
Mercedes has come up with an innovative idea of an invisible car. The concept seems to be very interesting but one will get puzzled thinking about how it will function. The "Invisible Car" is part of Mercedes' attempt to promote the F-Cell hydrogen fuel cell technology in its cars. It is the next generation technology that will be seen in the upcoming Mercedes cars. Probably it will be hydrogen-powered cars with zero emission that produces only water vapor.
Mercedes had introduced the F- Cell technology in the A-Class model in 2002. It had a range of 160 kilometers with a speed of 132 km per hour. This time the F-Cell technology will be implemented in the Mercedes B-Class models.
Mercedes has portrayed the concept of the invisible car in the video below. It shows a Mercedes car moving on the road with the LED lights that fades to black color. The car is cloaked with LED sheets and a Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR camera is placed on the other side of the car. As the car moves, the people walking on the road are able to see their reflection on the car. The car flashes bright colors when it is in a standstill position on the road. Probably the bright colors are flashed to show its presence. It is an eco-friendly car which is still in its testing phase by the developers. According to Mashable, the hydrogen-powered vehicles by Mercedes are "ready for series production".
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