Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2022

Canada-based Moment Energy, a start-up created by four Simon Fraser University alumni, has established a supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz Energy (MBE) for second-life electric vehicle batteries. This marks the first agreement Mercedes-Benz Energy has signed with a North American second-life energy storage system (ESS) provider.

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Mercedes Energy Supplies Energy Storage 221

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules by expanding its battery supply relationship with CATL through CATL’s newly announced battery plant in Debrecen, Hungary. The project will supply both cells and modules to European automakers.

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Hungary Mercedes Supplies Batteries 195

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Constellium SE is supplying aluminum auto body sheet solutions for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class produced in Europe, China, and South Africa and sold around the world. Constellium provides aluminum for the hood, roof, tailgate, and fenders of the Mercedes-Benz model.

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Mercedes Supplies Auto South Africa 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Mercedes-Benz has acquired YASA, a pioneer in next-generation electric drive technology. YASA will provide electric motors for Mercedes-Benz’s AMG.EA Working with Mercedes-Benz since 2019, it was always clear that we shared the same commitment to engineering excellence, innovation and reshaping mobility for the electric age.

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Mercedes Motor Motors Motoring 459

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

Mercedes-Benz Vans is launching its electric small van for inner-city delivery and service operations—the eCitan—as a Panel Van with a choice of two lengths: the 4498 mm compact version and the 4922 mm long version. Using a Mercedes‑Benz Wallbox allows much faster charging than at a household socket.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules on its path to an all-electric future. The new CATL plant in Debrecen, Hungary will supply battery cells for European production sites in Germany and Hungary.

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Mercedes Hungary Supplies Batteries 120

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mercedes-Benz announced a technology supply agreement with Venturi Racing in the run-up to the Formula E season 6 opener in late November at Diriyah. Venturi Racing will thus benefit from the combined know-how of the Mercedes-Benz motorsport family.

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Mercedes Supplies Hybrid Global 223

The Driven EV News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Trucks sets a goal of electrifying all deliveries to its largest truck manufacturing plant in Wörth, Germany, by the end of 2026. The post Mercedes Trucks to use electric trucks only in its own supply chain appeared first on The Driven.

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Mercedes Supplies Germany Electric 142

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Trucks, together with its project partner, the services division of Netze BW, has opened a charging park for customers near the Application Information Center (BIC) in Wörth am Rhein. To start, the eTruck Charging Park has six charging stations from different manufacturers with outputs between 40 kW and 300 kW.

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Mercedes Charging Energy Storage Grid 447

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2022

Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen are looking to Canada for supplies of battery raw materials, which should help the automakers meet new eligibility requirements for the United States EV tax credit.

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Canada Mercedes Tax Credit Supplies 164

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium officially broke ground for its lithium conversion plant in Guben, Germany ( earlier post ), from which it will supply Mercedes-Benz with battery-grade lithium hydroxide (LiOH) starting in 2026 (starting with a qualification period). Earlier post.) platform models starting in 2024.

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Mercedes Convert Batteries Battery 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), a leading global supplier of automotive fluid systems technology, has launched high volume production supply of various fluid products for the global Mercedes-Benz AG programs C-Class, GLC and E-Class hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). Mercedes-Benz is a key strategic OEM for TIFS.

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Mercedes Supplies Global South Africa 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Mercedes-Benz plans to build a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, northern Germany, with an output of more than 100 MW to cover up to more than 15% of the annual electricity demand of Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Germany.

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Wind Germany Mercedes Renewable 396

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Mercedes-Benz Cars and Icertis, a leading provider of enterprise contract management solutions in the cloud, have developed a blockchain prototype for consistent documentation of contracts in the supply chain. The blockchain prototype allows a transparent mapping and understanding of this transmission across the entire supply chain.

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Mercedes Supplies Cars Purchase 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is expanding its green power portfolio in cooperation with the energy supplier Enovos and the Norwegian energy producer Statkraft. A green power supply contract ensures the purchase of electricity from renewable energy sources at all times.

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Wind Germany Mercedes Solar 418

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In addition to conventional drive units and components, the Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart-Untertürkheim plant is already responsible for the production of batteries and axles for plug-in hybrids and fully electric Mercedes-EQ models. In future, we will be able to supply e-drives for one million Mercedes-EQ vehicles to our vehicle plants.

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Mercedes Production Future Parts 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is planned to be ready for series production in 2024. The supply will go beyond 2030. Limited (CATL) are intensifying their existing partnership based on their shared vision of CO 2 -neutral electrified trucking.

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Global Supplies Lithium Ion Batteries 435

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

INEOS Automotive has acquired the manufacturing facility at Hambach from Mercedes-Benz and will start to build its Grenadier 4x4 there in late 2021. Additionally the site’s location on the French-German border, only 200km from Stuttgart, gives excellent access to supply chains, automotive talent and target markets.

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Mercedes Production Manufacturer Sale 435

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved the Mercedes-Benz and Bosch highly automated parking system for use in the P6 parking garage run by APCOA at Stuttgart Airport. Once drivers have used their Mercedes me app to book a parking space in advance, they can leave their vehicle in a predetermined drop-off area.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

Following a successful testing phase of low-carbon aluminum with a minimum 25% share of post-consumer scrap, Mercedes-Benz is beginning series production of demanding structural cast components made of the more sustainable material this year. —Markus Schäfer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG.

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Mercedes CO2 Production Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2021

Mercedes-Benz has begun production of the EQS electric sedan at Factory 56 in the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan, the long-wheelbase version and the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class are already rolling off the production line at Factory 56.

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Mercedes Production Electric Electrical 382

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Wiener Linien transport company in Vienna, Austria has ordered 60 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro vehicles. For example, as early as June 2021, passengers were able to use the all-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G articulated bus free of charge for two weeks during practice runs on three routes. New e-competence center.

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Mercedes Lithium Ion Austria Electric 284

Electric Cars Report

JUNE 14, 2024

Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging announced an agreement with Alpitronic America ensuring that it will become the first DC fast-charging network in the United States to deploy Alpitronic’s HYC 400 (Hypercharger 400) at scale.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the EQS SUV—the third model after the. On a PSM, the rotor of the AC motor is fitted with permanent magnets and therefore does not need to be supplied with power. In the EQS SUV, Mercedes-Benz uses a pull-in winding for a particularly strong magnetic field.

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Mercedes SUV Lithium Ion Batteries 259

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 5, 2024

This marks the world’s first announced B-sample delivery of solid-state battery cells to a global automaker Factorial’s solid-state batteries can significantly improve the range and performance of electric vehicles, while reducing overall vehicle cost The company leverages existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing processes and supply chains to produce (..)

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Mercedes Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 119

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., The contract will provide a secure source of supply of battery cells for Mercedes-Benz’s electrification strategy, while Farasis gains security for its planned construction of production capacity.

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Mercedes Manufacturer Chinese Batteries 396

Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Mercedes-Benz Trucks truck assembly plant in Wörth in Germany’s automotive hub of Baden-Württemberg is electrifying its local supply chain. The German truck maker aims to fully electrify the logistics to and from the plant by the end of 2026.

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Mercedes Germany Supplies Electric Cars 109

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Mercedes-Benz’ DRIVE PILOT system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) can be ordered in Germany from 17 May as an optional extra for the S-Class for €5,000 and for the EQS for €7,430 (Driver Assistance Package Plus: €2,430 and DRIVE PILOT: €5,000) excl. —Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes?Benz

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2022

Mercedes and VW look to Canada for the EV supply chain. BMW, GM, and Ford aim to incentivize off-peak charging. And California is putting its 2035 gasoline vehicle ban into policy. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Mercedes California Supplies Charging 145

Electric Cars Report

JULY 7, 2022

Canadian clean energy startup Moment Energy has established a supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz Energy (MBE) for second-life electric vehicle batteries. This marks the first agreement Mercedes-Benz Energy has signed with a North American second-life energy storage system (ESS) provider.

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Mercedes Supplies North America Batteries 97

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

Mercedes-Benz will work with Sila , a next-generation battery materials company ( earlier post ), to incorporate Sila's silicon anode chemistry in batteries which are optionally available for the first time in the upcoming electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The supply agreement is the natural next step for the partnership.

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Mercedes Batteries Battery Washington 305

Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

German auto giants Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen have agreed with Canadian government to explore ways to secure access to key EV battery materials lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

The all-new EQE SUV ( earlier post ) is the second fully-electric SUV from Mercedes-Benz based on the premium-class electric architecture (EVA2), following the EQS SUV. Starting from $77,900, the 2023 EQE SUV will arrive in US dealerships in spring.

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Alabama SUV Mercedes Re-Charge 273

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

To help industrialize production of future generation batteries, Mercedes-Benz is intensifying its cooperation with its longstanding partner GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. The cooperation will focus on the system technology of future generations of Mercedes-Benz battery systems to be used in Mercedes-EQ vehicles from 2025.

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Mercedes Production Batteries Battery 243

Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 11, 2024

Mercedes-Benz Group sold 2,491,600 vehicles in 2023 (+1.5%), despite supply-chain constraints and thanks to its focus on desirable cars and vans as well as on the electrification of its fleet.

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Mercedes Electric Vehicles Sale Vehicles 104

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Mercedes-Benz will build ultra-high-performance axial-flux electric motors at its Berlin site, as the world’s pre-eminent luxury car brand prepares to go all electric by 2030, where market conditions allow. These applications use real-time data to support the worldwide vehicle production of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Mercedes Manufacturer Motor Motors 243

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. —Andreas von Wallfeld, Head of Marketing, Sales and Services Mercedes-Benz Trucks.

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