Mercedes Benz has unveiled an automated automotive fuel cell stack production facility in Burnaby, Canada.
The new 3,300m2 facility is claimed to be the world's first automated automotive facility for the production of fuel cell stacks.
According to the company, the facility is currently undergoing graduated testing and commissioning phase and the full-series production of the fuel cells is expected to begin soon following the optimisation of processes.
Mercedes said that location of the new facility was selected to be close to the fuel cell stack development at Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC) and the industrial fuel cell group in the Greater Vancouver Area.
In addition, the new facility will continue research on the development of future generations of fuel cell stacks.
Diamler, the parent company of Mercedes Benz had undertaken a four-month, 30,000km F-CELL World drive in 2011 to showcase the maturity of fuel cell technology, the company said.
