Remove Building Remove Concept Remove Personal Remove South Africa
article thumbnail

Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled two design variants of the Concept X-CLASS, previewing the coming X-Class pickup, in Stockholm. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. The double cab has emerged as the dominating body style because it offers room for up to five persons.

Mercedes 150
article thumbnail

Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

Green Car Congress

Project M concept drawing. Many people may assume that oil, greases and fuels are simply added at the end of a concept-car build project such as this, but the Shell car aims to show what can be achieved when its products are integrated into the design from the start. City car Fuel Efficiency Personal Transit'

Cars 150
article thumbnail

Ford launches innovate mobility challenge series

Green Car Congress

The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina. Lisbon, Portugal: Different sized cities utilize different mobility infrastructure.

Ford 218
article thumbnail

Why the Internet needs the InterPlanetary File System

Cars That Think

But in countries without the same level of investment in network infrastructure, the picture was less rosy: Internet service providers (ISPs) in South Africa and Venezuela , for instance, reported significant strain. The actual algorithm for distributing files is more complex, but the concept is similar. We don’t think so.

Store 129