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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

The Truth About Cars

Here's a very solid Mercedes-Benz W123 oil-burner that now languishes in a self-service boneyard in Phoenix, Arizona. 417,046 miles is about the same as traveling 16-¾ times around Earth (using a great circle route, of course), and that distance is impressive even by Mercedes-Benz diesel standards. market 300 D.

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EV charging is changing, Part 4: Behind the scenes as seven automakers counter Tesla’s Superchargers

Charged EVs

It was formed in 2017 by BMW, Daimler (Mercedes-Benz), Ford and the VW Group (Hyundai/Kia joined later), and its first stations went live in Q2 2018. The German members, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, doggedly kept the plan alive. By all accounts, Ionity works largely as claimed, with few reliability problems.

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Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell, Tesla Car Sharing, Portable Electric Scooter: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Mercedes-Benz could launch a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle in 2017, a crowd-funded Tesla car-sharing service, and an electric scooter that fits in a briefcase. Meet our used 2001 Honda Insight hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Startup Vukee hopes to crowd-fund a Tesla car-sharing service.

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EPA fuel economy report finds weight and power leveling off, footprint stable

Green Car Congress

Preliminary MY 2017 values suggest that average weight will be up 9 pounds and horsepower up 2 hp. EPA will not have final MY 2017 data until next year’s report. Preliminary MY 2017 values are essentially unchanged from MY 2016. Car horsepower was down by 1 hp and truck horsepower increased by 1 hp. Source: EPA. Source: EPA.

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More than a third of Prius owners get another one, finds CarMax

Baua Electric

The Prius displaced the Chevrolet Corvette, which had the highest model loyalty the last time CarMax conducted a similar survey, in 2017. 2017 Toyota Prius Toyota also had the highest loyalty as a brand, with 28.5% Lexus had the highest brand loyalty in CarMax’s 2017 survey.

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Tesla PowerWall 2.0, Mercedes electric-car plans, Faraday Future teaser: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

energy-storage battery pack, Mercedes-Benz plans to launch 10 electric cars by 2025, and Faraday Future teases the electric car it will unveil at CES in January. In case you missed it, we have news on Volkswagen diesel buybacks, the 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, and. Today, Tesla debuts a larger PowerWall 2.0

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Ionna EV charging network rivals Tesla, first US stations in 2024

Baua Electric

Ionna, as it’s called, is an EV charging network jointly backed by seven automakers , including an undisclosed amount from BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis. Automaker-backed, brand-agnostic EV charging? 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Limited AWD For the U.S.,