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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. —Frank Rausch, CEO of Hermes Germany GmbH.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Vans, US drone systems developer Matternet and Swiss online marketplace siroop have started a pilot project in Zurich to test an efficient van and drone-based system for on-demand delivery of e-commerce goods. The pilot project in Zurich, with siroop as the first system user, is the next step in the advancement of the concept.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 31, 2016

After unveiling its Generation EQ electric SUV concept at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz announced some ambitious future electric-car plans. That would seem to.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Using automated Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehicles, Bosch and Daimler propose to offer the service to a selected user community in the San Carlos/Stevens Creek corridor between downtown and west San Jose. Moreover, San Jose wants to prepare itself for a future in which autonomous cars hit the streets. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 25, 2018

The Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) and the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) initiated the platooning test, which is part of the Japanese government’s Future Strategy 2017. In 2014, Daimler Trucks launched the truck-concept Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 with autonomous driving function.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Mercedes-Benz is investing a total of around €3 billion (US$3.3 For the mobility of the future, we are deliberately not committing ourselves to one solitary form of drive system, but to a coexistence of efficient and clean petrol engines, diesels, plug-in hybrids, battery and hydrogen drive systems. —Prof.

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JULY 21, 2017

Earlier this week, Daimler announced it was extending its diesel emissions upgrade actions to more than 3 million Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Audi aims to maintain the future viability of diesel engines for its customers and to make a contribution towards improving air quality. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The number of top managers reporting directly to the CEO has been almost halved, and new appointments to several posts will take effect in the first quarter of 2016. The Group Board of Management can focus more closely than previously on overarching issues of the future, safeguard cross-brand synergies and further develop overall strategy.

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JULY 11, 2018

Bosch and Daimler developed an efficient concept based on liquid cooling. In this jointly developed system for highly automated and driverless driving in cities, Mercedes-Benz intends to deploy battery-powered vehicles. Furthermore, since 2014 Mercedes-Benz has approval to test automated vehicles in the Sunnyvale/California region.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

Vehicle automation is set to be rolled out in stages, starting with partially automated driving from 2016; high levels of automation from 2020; and fully automated systems available from 2025. It’s clear to us that automated driving will be a key element in the mobility of the future. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 9, 2016

The light and electronics expert developed the entire optical system for the light modules and its cooling concept and developed the prototype headlights. In the research project, Daimler AG specified the functional requirements and the future vehicle properties for the complete headlight system. Grötsch, S., Fiederling, R.,

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The innovative storage concept has a further advantage, tha partners point out. R&D Communications, Future Powertrain, the use case in stationary storage for grid balancing is completely different from the use case in a car—e.g., Further major projects are scheduled to start in 2016. Battery health.

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MAY 9, 2015

At the Wörthersee festival, Audi is showcasing the Audi TT clubsport turbo technology concept equipped with a new 2.5 The 2016 Corvette Z06’s features an LT4 supercharged 6.2L (6162 cc) V-8 engine, which is SAE-certified at 650 horsepower (485 kW) at 6,400 rpm and 650 lb-ft of torque (881 N·m): 79 kW/L and 143 N·m/L.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

for 2016, followed by the Model X. has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. In its cavalcade of concepts, VW also recently showed an entry-level model that appeared to be an electric reincarnation of the Beetle, but without its iconic shape.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

concept shown this year at the Paris show ( earlier post ), will—with a range of up to 373 miles and a market introduction in 2020—be priced approximately at the level of a diesel Golf—before any subsidies. Matthias Müller just talked about what the Volkswagen Group is doing to work toward the future. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 27, 2016

Daimler Trucks has unveiled the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, an all-electric, short-radius distribution heavy-duty truck, based on a three-axle truck from Mercedes-Benz. The axle is based on the ZF AVE 130 and has already proved its worth in its basic version as a low-floor portal axle in hybrid and fuel-cell buses from Mercedes-Benz.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. And at this writing, the issue of Opel’s future ownership has yet to be settled.] Consumer Reports rates the Buick Enclave higher than vehicles from Toyota, Volvo, Infiniti, Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz in the Luxury- Full Size SUV category.

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JULY 17, 2015

Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. Electrically-powered vehicles called plug-in electric vehicles, (PEVs), can shift us from exclusive use of gasoline and diesel to offer a pathway to a future of burning no fossil materials. Even more new uses will be discovered in the future. Conclusions.

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