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Mercedes-Benz unveils new Sprinter; focus on connectivity; electric drive in 2019; realizing adVANce

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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 This makes the Sprinter an integral part of the value chain.

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Mercedes-Benz powering ahead with €3B strategic engine initiative; increasing electrification, 48V; diesel and gasoline; cylinder deactivation

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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. Another feature of the new family of premium gasoline engines is near-engine exhaust aftertreatment. —Prof.

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Mercedes-Benz unveiling diesel plug-in hybrid preproduction models at Geneva show

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At the Geneva Motor Show this week, Mercedes-Benz is unveiling two new preproduction models that combine the new OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine with the latest-generation 9G-TRONIC 9-speed hybrid transmission. The company is also introducing an intelligent, connected variant of the Mercedes?Benz ECO Assist.

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Mercedes eSprinter first drive: here’s the deal – it’s a van, but it’s electric

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Mercedes invited us out to drive the new eSprinter, the electric version of Mercedes’ cargo van, and if there’s one thing I want you to understand about it is: it’s a van , but it’s electric. The eSprinter has already been out for some time in Europe, first unveiled in 2018 , but that version was not available in the US.

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Mercedes-Benz targeting average diesel NOx of ~30mg/km in RDE Stage 2 tests by 2020; approaching 20mg in following years

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With the market launch of the new A-Class ( earlier post ), the new diesel engines from Mercedes-Benz are now available from the compact class to the luxury class. Mercedes-Benz’s new generation of engines already demonstrated two years ago, how the NO x -challenge in Diesel cars can be solved technically.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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We are thrilled with the positive results, and are honored to have been part of the program. The Freightliner SuperTruck features a low-back-pressure, next-generation aftertreatment system that efficiently removes NO x from the exhaust stream. Hybrid: A123 Systems, Eaton, FUSO, ITK Engineering, Mercedes-Benz, MiaSole, US Hybrid.

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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

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The rear has slim U-shaped LED tail lights that sit high above the twin rectangular exhaust ports. As part of the Cold Climate Package ($1,175) there was a heated windshield and washer jets. The results are aerodynamics with a slippery 0.32 coefficient of drag.

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