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Onto expands its fleet with 600 new PEUGEOT EVs

Electric Cars Report

Electric car subscription service Onto is adding 600 new, fully electric PEUGEOT cars to its fleet. 300 e-208 Allure Premium vehicles are now available for delivery and 300 more e-2008 GT models will join their fleet from July. PEUGEOT is a popular choice amongst Onto subscribers, with both models regularly fully booked.

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Mercedes-Benz launches new private car-sharing scheme: Croove

Green Car Congress

A new car-sharing platform from Mercedes-Benz will go online at the start of December. The peer-to-peer car-sharing platform is another example of a CASE strategy project that has advanced from idea to implementation. On average, a car is parked up for 23 hours a day. App-based Croove pairs up private vehicle owners and hirers.

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ZF has produced 2M electric motors; mild-hybrid to full-electric drives

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The technology company supplies automotive manufacturers with electric motors for different vehicle types—from hybrid and electric axle drives for electric passenger cars to electric central drives for commercial vehicles. Especially in recent years, this went hand in hand with massive production capacity increases.

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Daimler acquires dynamic ridesharing pioneer flinc

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Daimler Mobility Services includes various mobility services, such as car2go, moovel and mytaxi: with the free floating carsharing company car2go, which launched in 2008, customers have the option of renting a car at any time to drive themselves from A to B. mytaxi is a market leader amongst the taxi hailing apps in Europe.

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Daimler Launches car2go Car Sharing in North America

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At some point in 2010, the number of cars will be increased and car2go will be made accessible to all Austin residents and students. After a one-time registration process, the customers can use the service on the spot by accessing any available vehicle on the street, or can book in advance through the online reservation process.

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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.” Larger signs were printed, too, volunteers from a local car club posting them at street corners around Manteca. In addition to securing cars from private owners and the local Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Tesla dealerships, a used EV dealer was also engaged.

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Elithion ships Li-ion battery management systems to AvtoVaz for EL LADA EV

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Colorado-based Elithion has shipped a production order for Lithiumate Pro Li-ion battery management systems (BMS) to Russian automaker AvtoVaz for inclusion in its all-electric car EL LADA. The first batch of cars will become taxis in the Stavropol region in the near future.

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