What he means is that the new fuel-cell-powered electric vehicle
is so simple to use and so much like the cars we are accustomed
to that one soon stops thinking about the flow of hydrogen and
oxygen, the proton-exchange process and all of the sci-fi stuff
going on in the compartment below the rear-floor section. For
the 200 folks who lease one of these pilot-program cars in
California and Europe, the most challenging aspect will be
finding hydrogen fueling stations. You just get in and drive.
Actually, you have to insert the familiar Mercedes key plug into
a slot first and turn it to power up the system. All the gauges
light up, but there are no accompanying noises, and we found it
sometimes not quite ready to go when we slid the selector into
drive. It then sends a message asking you to put it back into
Park. It's curious that this highly developed alternative to the
internal combustion vehicle retains ignition-key functions where
many conventional cars have gone keyless, but it tells you the
pains Mercedes