A car featuring fuel cell technology has been developed for a police force in Detroit, Michigan.

The vehicle, produced by DaimlerChrysler, will be used by the Wayne State University Police Department.

No emissions are released by the car, which creates fuel by passing hydrogen and oxygen over a catalyst, usually made from platinum.

It will not be thrown in to front line police operations, however, but will be used as a supervisor's vehicle, touring the campus and its surrounding area.

Students from the university's Engineering Alternative Energy Technology College will also be invited to use the car as a learning laboratory.

The police patroller is one of DaimlerChrysler's F-Cell hydrogen vehicles, which has a 100-mile range and a top speed of 85 mph.

A number of the cars are currently involved in a global test of its performance. An ongoing project to test 60 F-Cell A-Classes under everyday operating conditions in Asia, the US and Europe is due for completion next year.

Ÿ Adfero Ltd