Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

At the Paris Motor Show, Carlos Ghosn and Dieter Zetsche said that the strategic partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG is maturing as it enters its seventh year in 2016. The staffing and equipping of the plant started in May 2016 according to plan. kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions, combined: 0 g/km). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USDepartment of Justice (DOJ), and California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a proposed settlement with Daimler AG and its American subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and California law associated with emissions cheating.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is bringing its all-electric heavy-duty truck ( earlier post ) to market in a small series this year. GVW and a range of up to 200 km at the International Commercial Vehicle Show in 2016, the first vehicles will be delivered to customers this year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

Daimler AG has established Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH to take over the development and global sale of Mercedes-Benz brand stationary energy storage ( earlier post ) with immediate effect. Daimler AG, with ACCUMOTIVE, began delivery of domestic storage solutions for the German market in April.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

will introduce in early 2016 the first solid-state LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and self-driving cars for less than $1,000 per car. The new solid state LiDAR will be on display at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 2016. Quanergy Systems, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans launched its new mid-size van—the Vito—at the Chengdu Motor Show in China on Friday. In an event to be held this Wednesday at its “Van Innovation Campus” in Stuttgart, Mercedes-Benz Vans will unveil its vision of the van of the future: connected and electrically powered. FBAC) in Fuzhou in August.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2016

million LCVs and passenger car units were sold across all segments globally in Q1 2016—a 2.8% increase (558,700 more units) on the same period in 2015—largely driven by growth in the Chinese and European markets. Sales of SUVs in Europe (including Russia and Turkey) gave the overall market a boost with 20% growth and 1.11

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2015

Yet with the introduction of the 2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid, the upcoming 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e, and soon the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE550e Plug-In Hybrid, this corner of the market has entirely changed. Until quite recently, luxury SUVs and plugging in didn’t really go together.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

By gaining a foothold in the ePayment business, Daimler AG will be launching its own electronic payment services provider under the “Mercedes pay” brand name. In 2016, Daimler Financial Services AG had more than four million financed vehicles in its portfolio for the first time in the company’s history.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. All three German Mercedes-Benz car plants—Rastatt, Bremen and Sindelfingen—will now produce EQ-brand EVs. We have laid the foundation for this.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Hermes and Mercedes-Benz Vans have agreed on a wide-ranging strategic partnership to electrify the courier service’s vehicle fleet. By the end of 2020, Hermes Germany intends to deploy 1,500 Mercedes-Benz Vito and Sprinter electric vans in urban areas across Germany. The test started in April 2016. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL customers ventured beyond Southern California last week for the first time, while only filling up at existing public hydrogen stations along the route from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Three F-CELL customers were accompanied by a team from Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America based in Long Beach.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

of market share—the lowest for the segment in the last decade, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. Gasoline car registrations benefited from the decline of diesel, growing by 10.9% (+760,000 units) to a 50% market share; SUVs led growth with a record 4.56 higher than in 2016. in 2016 to 29.3% of market share.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

Model year (MY) 2016 vehicle fuel economy was 24.7 The average weight for new vehicles produced in MY 2016 was 4,035 pounds (1,830 kg), which was unchanged from MY 2015 although the weight of an average new car fell by 23 pounds (10.4 The average 0-to-60 mph acceleration time was the same in MY 2016 as MY 2015. ft 2 (-0.4%).

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MAY 13, 2016

Led by strong growth in Spain and Italy, new car registrations in Europe’s Big 5 markets grew by 8.6% to 958,400 units in April 2016, according to the latest figures from JATO Dyanmics. million, April produced further gains across the top five European markets with SUVs driving higher volume and counting for 24.4%

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AUGUST 29, 2019

Despite continuing economic uncertainty and diminishing consumer confidence, the European car market registered growth in July 2019, as registrations were up by 1.2% The fuel type also saw a market share increase from 5.8% to 1,325,600 units, according to JATO Dynamics. drop on the same period last year.

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DECEMBER 9, 2015

Mercedes-Benz will expand the new Driving Assistance package of the future E-Class for the market launch in spring with the semi-autonomous Active Lane Change Assist function. The new E-Class will be launched in Germany in spring 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

The production of Mercedes-Benz brand vehicles will follow in 2018. Mexico is already an important market for Daimler. The engines will initially be used in European versions of the Infiniti Q50 sports sedan and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class assembled in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

As part of its electrification strategy, Daimler Trucks plans to offer electric vehicles in all its main sales regions by 2022: from the FUSO eCanter in the light-duty segment, the Freightliner eM2 in the medium-duty segment, and the Mercedes-Benz eActros and the Freightliner eCascadia in the heavy-duty segment. Mercedes-Benz eCitaro.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Trucks will deliver 10 eActros heavy-duty electric trucks in two variants—two- and three-axle variants with gross vehicle weight of 18 or 25 tonnes—to customers in the next few weeks for testing the everyday feasibility and economic efficiency of the vehicles under real-life conditions. —Stefan Buchner.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2015

Daimler is entering the commercial and residential stationary energy storage system (ESS) market with its wholly-owned subsidiary Deutsche ACCUmotive. The Mercedes-Benz energy storage plants will be available for ordering as of June, with deliveries scheduled to begin this autumn. Initial residential ESS systems are under trial.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 5, 2023

share of the auto market in March, down from 91.9% The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth. Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 […] Norway’s plugin electric vehicles took 91.1% year on year.

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JUNE 28, 2015

Mercedes-Benz increases engine range for refreshed A Class compact. With the refresh of its A-Class, Mercedes-Benz has increased the range of available engines. Mercedes-Benz is using the A-Class model facelift as the opportunity to introduce the new nomenclature for the drive variants in this model series.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

China today is already the world’s largest market for NEVs, and Daimler is committed to contributing to the further development of electric mobility in this country. In 2016, BBAC achieved considerable success, with locally produced models accounting for over two-thirds of Mercedes-Benz’s total sales in China.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

The two companies pledged jointly to invest a total of five billion RMB (about US$735 million) in the production of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) under the Mercedes-Benz brand at BBAC in Beijing. Together with our local partner BAIC, we are all in: We continue to invest in the world’s largest market for e-mobility.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In 2015, China became the biggest sales market for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars. In 2005, the E-Class was the first Mercedes-Benz vehicle to be manufactured locally, and the first “Made in China, for China” long wheelbase version of E-Class started production in 2010. The milestone vehicle is an E-Class.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

March 2016 was another positive month for European new car registrations, ending a strong Q1 which saw sales of 3.93 Although volumes grew at a slower rate (+5.6%) than recorded in February 2016 (+13.8%), positive results in 23 of the 29 markets analyzed meant growth continued. million units, up by 8.1% million units.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Daimler Trucks plans to invest around one billion Brazilian real ($US457 million) in the commercial vehicle plants of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil in the next two years. This financing is part of an extensive investment project of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, equipped with a total budget of around 2.5 billion Brazilian real (US$1.14

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

DTNA benefits from proven systems which have successfully been operated by Mercedes-Benz trucks as in the European Truck Platooning Challenge 2016. With its Freightliner and Western Star brands Daimler Trucks is the market leader accounting for a 40% market share in the North American truck market. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Genesis is making a name for itself in the US luxury market with a bold style and high-quality design. After launching in the US in late 2016, Hyundai’s luxury division, Genesis, is making its presence known in a big way. Genesis sales have grown from less than 7,000 in 2016 to over 69,000 last year, according to data from CNBC.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

Two years ago, we demonstrated with Mercedes-Benz trucks in Europe that platooning can be done and is highly advantageous. Japan is a key market for us that is on the lookout and promotes new technologies. In 2014, Daimler Trucks launched the truck-concept Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 with autonomous driving function.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2018

Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars. The test vehicles are based on the versatile Mercedes-Benz V-Class with its advantages in flexibility and loading capacities. The Mercedes-Benz research vehicles are equipped with additional technical applications from Baidu Apollo.

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JUNE 13, 2016

The global debut will take place at the Paris Motor Show this fall, and the first model is to be launched onto the market before the end of the decade. We are investing heavily in electromobility, and we are convinced that the market is now ready. Earlier post.) Drivetrain for the new BEV platform. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 7, 2015

Together, Nissan and Daimler will develop a 1-ton pickup truck for Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz recently announced its entry into this segment. The Mercedes-Benz pickup will share some of the architecture with the all-new Nissan NP300 but it will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

Daimler has signed an agreement with the Finnish Supplier Valmet Automotive for the production of more than 100,000 units of the new A-Class ( earlier post ) for Daimler from 2013 through 2016. Market launch will be in mid-September. We will even switch to three-shift operations in Rastatt this fall.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

While the majority of features identified are currently available only across select vehicle models owing to high technology costs, they have significant potential through R&D, collaboration, and knowledge sharing to reach peak performance, adoption and penetration across multiple vehicle models.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2015

Daimler is running 6 different electrified models (7 vehicles in total) in this year’s Silvretta E-Car Rally (2 to 5 July); for the first time in this competition, the current Mercedes-Benz plug-in triad will compete against each other. All current Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles are now based on this technology.

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