Why Daimler will wait until '17 to debut fuel cell vehicle

"Three or four years ago, we had to justify why we were sticking with hydrogen technology at Daimler," said Herbert Kohler, Daimler's head of corporate research. "Now the situation is reversed. If you are not involved, you have to ask yourselves some uncomfortable questions."

July 21, 2014 05:00 AM

STUTTGART -- Daimler's first series-production hydrogen vehicle could have been ready about now. But the company is putting off the vehicle's debut until 2017.

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