This year, DaimlerChrysler will deliver 60 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles based on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, to customers in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Singapore. The first vehicles are already in operation in Japan and the U.S. By the end of the year, DaimlerChrysler will have more than 100 fuel cell vehicles on the road. Mazda Commences Operations at Ujina Plant No. 2 Mazda Motor Corp. began operations at the company's Ujina Plant No. 2. known locally as U2. A ceremony was held at the plant to mark the occasion as the first car, a Mazda Demio, rolled off the final assembly line. U2 was first established in December 1972 and had been the production site for many of Mazda's global mainstay models, such as the Familia/323/Protege. It was closed in September 2001 in line with the company's production re-balancing measures.