Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

AMG, the performance brand within Mercedes-Benz Cars, outlined a series of steps it will take to lower the emissions and improve the fuel efficiency of its vehicles. To reduce fuel consumption, AMG is shortly to introduce efficiency-increasing engine-generator management as well as regulated oil and water pumps.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Mercedes-Benz announced that seven new versions of the Mercedes-Benz A-, B- and CLA-Class now offer enhanced fuel savings compared with their respective predecessors. In the interest of high efficiency, the volumetric flow of the oil pump is also controlled as in the V engines. Click to enlarge. Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Mercedes-Benz has revamped the Vito light van and Viano —a large capacity van based on the Vito. The Vito is the only model in its class to feature a six-speed transmission for all four-cylinder drive variants as standard, Mercedes says. This is unmatched by any other diesel engine in this class of vehicle, Mercedes says.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. The concept behind the new FuelCELL bus essentially corresponds to that of the Mercedes-Benz BlueTec Hybrid buses which are in service in Hamburg.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Consistent comparisons between emerging technologies such as EVs and their conventional counterparts are necessary to support policy development, sound research, and investment decisions.The production phase of EVs proved substantially more environmentally intensive.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Mercedes-Benz staged the world premiere of the ML 450 HYBRID at the 2009 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) ( earlier post ). As a point of comparison, the 2009 Cadillac Escalade 2WD two-mode hybrid carries an EPA rating of 20 mpg city, 21 mpg highway (11.8 The two-mode ML 450 HYBRID. Click to enlarge. L/100km city, 11.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

Design of the Mercedes-Benz automatic transmission 9G-TRONIC. Mercedes-Benz’ new 9-speed 9G-TRONIC, the first rear-wheel drive nine-speed automatic transmission with torque converter, is making its debut in the E 350 BlueTEC as the standard transmission paired with the 185 kW (252 hp) V6 diesel. Click to enlarge. New gearing concept.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Mercedes-Benz is introducing a new family of diesel engines, starting with the new all-aluminum four-cylinder OM 654, which will make its world premiere in the new E-Class E 220 d in spring 2016. The modular family of engines will find broad application across the entire range of Mercedes-Benz cars and vans. —Prof. 220 d OM 654.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

Mercedes- Benz will introduce the all-new 2012MY M-Class SUV into the US market in September 2011 with two models: ML350 4MATIC and ML350 BlueTEC. The third generation of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class SUV features a completely reworked 3.0L Comparison of the ML350 BlueTEC diesels. Comparison of the ML350 gasoline engines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

While the Mercedes GLE 550e will use a 3L twin-turbo V6 and the Audi Q7 e-tron a 3L TDI diesel, the BMW X5 xDrive 40e also features a 2.0L Mercedes-Benz GLE 550e. Bottom) Acceleration comparison of the new XC90 T8 PHEV, the older V8-powered XC90, and the Tesla Model S 85. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Mercedes-Benz is offering five newly developed and modified engines—four of them with direct injection—for the new E-Class Coupé, offering more power with lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions than their predecessors. The Mercedes engineers optimized the technology at the heart of the V6 diesel engine, reducing the compression from 17.7

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Mercedes-Benz M-Class, ML 350 4MATIC BlueEFFICIENCY. The third-generation Mercedes-Benz M-Class on average consumes 25% less fuel than the previous models. Joachim Schmidt, Board Member of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Sales & Marketing. Click to enlarge. and extensive BlueEFFICIENCY measures to reduce fuel consumption. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure. Adoption of plug-in hybrids will transfer the overwhelming majority of our miles driven to nearly oil-free electricity.

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EV Central

JUNE 28, 2022

Hyundai calls the 6’s flowing exterior shape ‘Emotional Efficiency’ and says it results in the lowest aerodynamic coefficient of drag (Cd) ever offered by the brand, a slippery 0.21 (by comparison, the Tesla Model 3 has a Cd of 0.23 and the just-arrived Mercedes-Benz EQS electric limousine 0.20).

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JULY 24, 2015

Nissan, Hyundai/Kia, VW/Audi/Porsche, BMW, Subaru, and Mercedes all recently introduced variants of a single-motor, twin-clutch hybrid system (P2). Further, German observes: The Vincentric Hybrid Analysis provides a direct comparison of the efficiency benefits and costs of hybrid systems. It also compromises powertrain packaging.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Comparison of fuel consumption of Omnivore, homogeneous Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and Spray-Guided GDI engines. Two pegged half-keystone compression rings in upper section, unpegged Napier and U-Flex oil control rings in lower section for oil control and containment. Wet sump with plain bearings and electric oil pump.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. More information on e-mile comparisons is given by Reference Nº 2. Conclusions. slow charge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

It is also flex so that future biomass fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, methanol can be used (no oil). Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. Those cars will reduce oil demand at most by about 1/5th of one percent. — Volt Enthusiast 7.

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