Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. Mercedes-Benz Cars plans to launch more than ten electric cars by 2022 throughout all segments, from smart to large SUVs. Mercedes-Benz Cars plans to launch more than ten electric cars by 2022 throughout all segments, from smart to large SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Mercedes-Benz will set up electric vehicle production in the United States. The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz US International), its Tuscaloosa, Alabama facility. —Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is in the process of building out hubs for the production of electric vehicles and batteries around the globe. Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain said that Mercedes-Benz will build its electric vehicles in six plants on three continents. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2019

Despite continuing economic uncertainty and diminishing consumer confidence, the European car market registered growth in July 2019, as registrations were up by 1.2% Registrations of BEV, PHEV, HEV and other electric vehicles totalled 96,600 units in July—as demand increased by 29% from July 2018.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2019

The European car market registered its seventh consecutive month of decline in March 2019, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. Last month, 19 of the 27 markets posted negative results—including the top 10 largest markets in Europe. Last month, they recorded the lowest monthly market share since September 2000.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

However, EV sales from Mercedes, Rivian, Lucid and other brands have increased at the same time, offsetting lower-priced Tesla products. Honda and Kia showed the most price strength in the non-luxury market, transacting between 3% and 6% over sticker price in March. For comparison, in March 2018, the luxury share was 14.0%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Ford is increasing production of two popular full-size SUVs to meet increasing retail demand for both models. The company is increasing line speed at its Kentucky Truck Plant to build more Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition SUVs, boosting production targets approximately 25% since last fall when the SUVs hit the market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. All three German Mercedes-Benz car plants—Rastatt, Bremen and Sindelfingen—will now produce EQ-brand EVs. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

—Wilko Stark, Member of the Divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, Procurement and Supplier Quality. The company purchases the cells on the world market, ensuring the best possible technology; the company focuses on the core competence of battery assembly. Mercedes-Benz Vans electrifies its entire commercial fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Honda and Kia showed the most price strength in the non-luxury market, transacting between 5% and 6% over sticker price in December. Five years prior, in December 2018, luxury market share set a record at 16.5%. Luxury cars at all levels were selling below MSRP in December, along with luxury compact and sub-compact SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars. Mercedes-Benz Cars produced more than 2.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

In addition to the ongoing strength in the European market and India (the second-largest diesel market after Europe, Bosch sees potential strength in North America and China. Because diesel vehicles already account for a high share of the European market, opportunities for growth are correspondingly moderate.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

2018 marked a record year for the sale of battery-powered electric vehicles, according to data from JATO Dynamics. It was one of the highest increases among all car categories on the global market, which can be explained by several factors, JATO said. million SUVs were sold in 2018, with volume up by 7% on 2017.

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Push EVs

MARCH 8, 2023

The new Nio EL7, Nio’s next generation of large luxury SUV, saw its first 23 deliveries in February. It will largely replace its older sibling, the Nio ES8, which was based on Nio’s previous generation of BEV technology, dating back to late 2018 (though launched in Norway in mid 2021). The EL7 is 4.9 PushEVs.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2023

‘EV values plummet’ has been a regular headline in overseas media this year, as electric car resale values tumble in major markets like the US and UK. America and Europe have more mature EV markets than us, meaning thousands of pre-loved electric cars have popped up on their used car classifieds. of new car deliveries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The new production facility is planned to start operations in the middle of 2018. Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. Daimler already has a variety of electrified vehicles on the market and the product portfolio is set to grow continuously.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is aligning its global production network to manufacture its reshaped product portfolio focused on luxury electric vehicles as the brand prepares to go all electric by the end of the decade—wherever market conditions allow. The global Mercedes Benz production network is sustainable, digital and flexible.

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EV Sales

MARCH 24, 2021

O utside the podium, in #5 we have the three times winner (2018, '19 & '20) BMW i3, that is also a popular EV in a number of neighboring countries, like Costa Rica, but this year it has seen its sales fall off a cliff, down by two thirds, allowing its French rival Renault Zoe to surpass it and occupy the 4th spot.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 18, 2023

The vehicle that saw the most per capita deaths (2018-2021) was the Mitsubishi Mirage G4. From 2018 to 2021 there were 155,136 fatalities, compared with 147,599 from 2015 to 2018. The IIHS faulted Dodge, Ford, and Chevrolet for marketing their vehicles in a manner that encourages aggressive driving.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

Looking at the fuels breakdown, if plugins were up in December, the rest is falling quickly: HEVs had just 6% share of the market, petrol vehicles were down to just 3% share (it had 15% a year ago), while diesel had only 5%, while in the same month last year, the black fuel had 22% share.At Pl Model Sales 1 Tesla Model 3 4.232 2 VW ID.3

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Development work on these continues; Audi, for example, is refining MLB evo—the second-generation of MLB and the foundation for the battery-electric e-tron quattro SUV due out in 2018. I believe when we enter the market in 2020, this is exactly the time when e-mobility will accelerate out of its niche. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Three other brands, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz, finished midpack. The Model X SUV remained “Much-Worse-Than-Average” for reliability, with ongoing problems including the falcon-wing doors and center display screen. Volvo drops six spots from last year as it rapidly brings a number of new models to market.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

In its new report, “ Global Forecasts for Light Duty Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid, and Battery Electric Vehicle Sales and Vehicles in Use: 2014-2023 ”, Navigant notes that luxury brands, which have benefited in recent years from increased interest from the developing markets of Asia Pacific, have committed more strongly to plug-in EV platforms.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.

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EV Sales

MAY 26, 2021

1-2 win for Volkswagen The European passenger plugin market continues on the rise, having registered over 159,000 units in April, and 616,000 units YTD (+136% YoY), placing last month plugin share at 15% share (7.1% 3 sibling hasn't yet set the market on fire.The ID.4 3 sibling hasn't yet set the market on fire.The ID.4

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 7, 2022

A Premium Small SUV with Handling Like a Sports Wagon. The all-new 2022 Genesis GV70 slots in just below the larger GV80 SUV, both of which will be joined soon by the all-electric GV60. Clean Fleet Report would not be surprised if Genesis has even more SUVs on the drawing board, with most of them being hybrids, plug-in hybrids or EVs.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. Cadillac’s Midsize Contender. Both engines use premium 91 octane.

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

With the overall automotive market in the red (-14% in 2020), added to the amazing recovery of plugins on the second half of 2020, the December PEV share jumped to a record 6.9% share (4.9% BEV) , pulling the final 2020 plugin share to 4% (2.8% BEV) , results that are well above the 2.5% plugin share (1.9% BEV) of 2019. share (4.9%

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

Proliferation aside, many EVs require ever-larger batteries to meet consumer demands for driving range, zippy performance, and now SUV size and utility. gigawatt-hours of batteries in that period was nearly as much as its five closest competitors combined: China's BYD, Hyundai, Mercedes, Renault, and Volkswagen. Big Players Dominate.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The Premium Midsize SUV Benchmark. The first foray for Genesis into the hottest automotive segment is the all-new 2021 GV80 SUV, which has been joined by the GV70, and soon the all-electric GV60 , with a yet-to-be announced release date. Clean Fleet Report has a hunch Genesis has even more crossovers and SUVs on the horizon.

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China EV

APRIL 11, 2019

WM Motor is currently selling one BEV, the EX5 SUV. Freeman says “thousands” of units have been delivered since it went on sale in Beijing in December of 2018. I don’t want to be Mercedes.” As for his distribution model, WM Motor will do direct marketing as well as have franchised dealers, says Freeman. yet,” he says.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

CARS24 continued to dominate with a 42% increase in sales compared to 2022, showcasing its ability to adeptly navigate the ever-evolving currents of the Indian auto market. Car buyers meanwhile, displayed faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) sand there was a surge in demand for SUVs, and affection for pre-owned cars continued to grow.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 11, 2021

Competing with the Audi A6, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 5-Series , Kia Stinger , Genesis G70 , Polestar 2 and the Lexus ES , the CT5 brings credible performance with the base engine, and has an overall attractive design that grabs attention. Road Test: 2018 Audi A5 Coupe. Road Test: 2018 BMW 530e xDrive.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It’s a truck, specifically the Escalade SUV, the gussied-up, very successful ultra-luxury version of the Chevy Suburban. In part, this is because Cadillac is hugely important for GM’s continuing presence in China, a market that gets more challenging for the US carmaker every year. Lyriq launch pulled ahead.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

According to BNEF, even if prices for nickel, cobalt, lithium, and other raw materials used in batteries return to the highs seen in 2018, $100/kWh packs would be delayed by only a couple of years. In addition to trucks, SUVs, and more affordable EVs – American consumers need more choice.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 7, 2021

This amazing result translated into a Norway-like 72% PEV (69% BEV) share last month, pulling the 2020 plugin share to 25% (21% BEV), well above the 15% of 2019 and the 6% of 2018, and this share gains even another dimension when we realise that BEVs represented 82% of registrations in 2020, and 96%(!) in December alone.

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