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OCTOBER 20, 2015

From 2017, Mercedes-Benz will offer in Europe the S- and E-Class as the first production passenger cars equipped with CO 2 air conditioning systems. These completely newly developed systems are based on the DIN specifications defined by the automotive standards committee of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2015

Mercedes-Benz is making a strategic push on plug-in hybrids: the Stuttgart-based automaker will introduce 10 new plug-in hybrid models by 2017. Mercedes’ Plug-In Hybrid system is based on the company''s modular parallel hybrid system. Background. The company is also a leading player in the field of all-electric mobility.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

At the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) from 14 to 24 September 2017, Mercedes-Benz will showcase the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE sports car with Formula 1 hybrid drive technology; an electric concept car by the EQ brand in the compact car segment; and the GLC F‑CELL EQ Power, a pre-series model with fuel cell hybrid drive.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2016

With the facelift of the Mercedes-Benz S550e plug-in hybrid in 2017, Daimler AG plans to launch a wireless electric vehicle charging (WEVC) system, manufactured by a Tier 1 power electronics supplier, which has licensed Qualcomm Halo inventions. The commercial application of WEVC will be a first among hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.).

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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. —Wilko Stark, Member of the Divisional Board of Management Mercedes-Benz Cars, Procurement and Supplier Quality.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2018

Daimler is currently systematically preparing for series production of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL; the company had shown preproduction models of the hydrogen fuel cell SUV at the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt last September ( Earlier post.). The plug-in hybrid SUV will be produced at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2016

Today, we take a spin in the 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage GT, explain Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, and look at future electric cars from Mercedes-Benz. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Alongside the A-Class, the G-Class and the new four-door Mercedes-AMG GT Coupé, Mercedes-Benz will hold the world premiere of the new facelifted C-Class Saloon and Estate models featuring new gasoline and diesel engines, and plug-in hybrid versions. The redesigned C-Class comes with extended Active Brake Assist as standard.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is investing some €2.5 billion) around the globe in the new Sprinter's development, its worldwide production network, and sales and after-sales, said Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes?Benz —Volker Mornhinweg, Head of Mercedes?Benz billion (US$3.1

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

Daimler AG has established Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH to take over the development and global sale of Mercedes-Benz brand stationary energy storage ( earlier post ) with immediate effect. The development, sale and installation of stationary applications are the responsibility of Mercedes-Benz Energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is bringing its all-electric heavy-duty truck ( earlier post ) to market in a small series this year. The Urban eTruck is connected to the charging station using the Europe-wide standardized Combined Charging System (CCS) Type 2 connector. —Stefan Buchner, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

For the second consecutive model year, the automotive industry outperformed the national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards by a wide margin, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) second annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Light Duty Vehicles: Manufacturer’s Performance Report.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2016

Mercedes-Benz is investing about €3 billion (US$3.4 Dr. Thomas Weber, Daimler Board of Management Member for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. With the new family, the interfaces between the drive unit and the vehicle have been standardized across the series. Exhaust aftertreatment systems. —Thomas Weber.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Cadillac unveiled the first 2017 Crossover Touring 5 (XT5), a comprehensively upgraded luxury crossover and the cornerstone of a new series of crossovers. In the US market, the 2017 Cadillac XT5 will be powered by the new 3.6-liter In China, the XT5 will be offered with a standard 2.0-liter also features Stop/Start technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

The law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Ford and Bosch of knowingly installing emissions-cheating software devices in 2011-2017 Ford 250 and 350 Super Duty diesel pickup trucks, allowing the affected pickups to pollute at levels up to 50 times legal limits. Ford called the claim “baseless”.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

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. Both the GHG emissions and fuel economy standards rely on footprint to determine vehicle GHG and fuel economy targets. Source: EPA. ft 2 (1.2%), to 49.5 Source: EPA.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The trucks will be supported by the FUSO retail network and the e-mobility experts of Daimler Truck and Bus Australia, which oversees the import and distribution of FUSO, Mercedes-Benz, and Freightliner brand commercial vehicles. In 2017, MFTBC introduced the eCanter, the first all-electric light-duty truck in series production in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

Keeping pace with its announced intention to roll out 10 plug-in hybrids by 2017 ( earlier post ), Mercedes-Benz introduced the new GLE550 e 4MATIC plug-in hybrid (PHEV) along with the other members of the new GLE family of full-size SUVs. The GLE550 e is Mercedes-Benz’ first plug-in hybrid SUV. Mercedes-Benz GLE PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2019

Bosch and Daimler have now obtained approval from the relevant authorities in Baden-Württemberg for their automated parking system ( earlier post ) in the Mercedes-Benz Museum parking garage in Stuttgart. The insights from these tests are reflected in the recently issued SAE standard 3134. Project milestones.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Nissan and Daimler broke ground on the US$1-billion Aguascalientes, Mexico, plant in 2015, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti as of 2017 and for Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018. Construction will be completed in 2017, followed by preparation for pilot production of Infiniti vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2015

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the second generation of its mid-range GLC SUV (the SUV in the C-Class segment, formerly the GLK). In addition to cutting fuel consumption by up to 19% in comparison to the previous model on the conventional engined models, Mercedes also introduced another plug-in hybrid SUV model: the GLC 350 e 4MATIC.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2016

Mercedes-Benz will put the first fuel-cell-powered vehicle with plug-in technology into series production: the GLC F-CELL. The 48-volt on-board power supply will be introduced at the same time and starter-generators will become part of the standard specification. billion) in green technologies in the next two years alone.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Mercedes-Benz is investing a total of around €3 billion (US$3.3 Dr Thomas Weber, Member of the Daimler Board of Management with responsibility for Group Research at Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. The as-standard particulate filter is the only part of the exhaust system that is under the floor. —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The new DTNA connectivity platform will be available with start-of-production of the new Freightliner Cascadia in January 2017. It will be based on the brand new and worldwide-standardized Truck Data Center of Daimler Trucks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

A noted hydrogen and fuel cell expert, Schneider is an automotive industry veteran who spent most of his career working for BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Schneider also organized the worldwide standardization for electric and fuel cell vehicle infrastructure. Earlier this month, Nel ASA received an additional $5.5-million

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2017

This makes our production network very well positioned for future mobility ,” said Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain. With state-of-the-art facilities and technologies, the new battery factory will also set standards regarding Industry 4.0. —Dieter Zetsche.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

In 2017, DENZA achieved its best sales performance to date, with retail sales volume increasing by 85% year-on-year, outpacing the industry average, with strong customer reception of the DENZA 400 model. Upgraded connectivity services include charging solutions and the DENZA smartphone application.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. —Martin Daum, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Trucks & Buses. The first hand-off to a customer was in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2016

In the future, Daimler Trucks will apply standardized electrics/electronics architecture (E/E) across various regions and brands. retains the brand-typical appearance of a heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner or Fuso truck, its inner workings and rear housing will have standardized dimensions and connections.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Based on a standard Jeep Renegade, the GTD19 demonstrator vehicle is undergoing testing at GKN’s annual winter testing program in Arjeplog, Sweden, and showcases how automakers can use drivetrain innovations to achieve industry-leading standards of efficiency, -safety and driving dynamics in BEV models.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 3, 2022

He added that it “can become the standard for self-driving cars.” Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz is offering its Drive Pilot Level 3 autonomous driving system on S-Class and EQS sedans in Germany. That raises the question of what Robo-01 can do that the Mercedes Drive Pilot cannot.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Daimler, with its wholly owned subsidiary NuCellSys GmbH, and together with Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America (MBRDNA) and Daimler Innovations Lab1886 is expanding the use case of its innovative automotive fuel cell technology. Recently, it presented the next step with pre-production models of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F‑CELL.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

However, unlike conventional gasoline engines, gasoline direct injection engines produce particulate matter, as do diesels, and emission controls will become an issue the technology must address as standards for particle mass tighten, and also as standards for particle numbers emerge. of total GPF installations by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

an electric vehicle (EV) battery modularization startup headed by former Tesla CEO Martin Eberhard in October 2017.). and China facilities, enabling them to share data and learnings in real-time to improve production and maintain quality standards. SF Motors acquired InEVit Inc.,

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