Green Car Reports

JANUARY 18, 2019

Mercedes-Benz and Audi are working on smaller electric SUVs. Even amid sales of almost 150,000 vehicles in 2018, Tesla will lay off about. The Hyundai Ioniq hybrid and plug-in hybrid Prius-fighters are already set for a refresh. And Colorado took the first step to require electric cars to come to the state.

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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

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

AUGUST 1, 2018

Car makers continue to update and modernise their traditional models, while the range of SUVs on offer continues to grow and appeal to all kinds of budgets and needs. The diesel decline continued during the first six months of 2018, as registrations were down by 17%. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. There were 2.92

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The European car market recorded the highest monthly decline of the last decade in September 2018, as 1.12 SUVs also bucked the general trend and continued to gain market share. in September 2018. than its rivals Mercedes, which was down by 13.7%, and Audi, which was down by 60.4%. to 85,300 units.

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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

AUGUST 29, 2019

Registrations of BEV, PHEV, HEV and other electric vehicles totalled 96,600 units in July—as demand increased by 29% from July 2018. Consumers bought 505,900 SUVs in July, as demand increased by 8.7%. Volkswagen Group led the SUV segment, as the German maker recorded 25.7% drop on the same period last year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2019

in March 2018, and 44.8% The biggest drops were posted by Mercedes, Renault, Peugeot, Ford and Land Rover. The market continues to be dominated by SUVs, but their growth is slowing. In March, SUV registrations totalled 650,300 units, or 36.8% for small SUVs, and 5.3% for compact SUVs. in March 2017.

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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. For comparison, in March 2018, the luxury share was 14.0% Luxury cars and luxury full-size SUVs saw price increases between 0.8% of total sales, down slightly from a high of 19.3% and 1.6%.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Today, we've got a Tesla rumor and a Supercharger expansion, news from Mercedes on electric SUVs, oil company Shell slamming the idea of future bans on cars with engines, and a primer on rare-earth metals. There will be three types of cruise-control system on the 2018 Nissan Leaf electric car; we sort them.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled two design variants of the Concept X-CLASS, previewing the coming X-Class pickup, in Stockholm. The introduction of the one-ton pickup with seating for up to 5 people will make Mercedes-Benz the first premium manufacturer to account for the changing customer requirements in the global segment of mid-size pickups.

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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 Reports

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Mercedes-Benz has been more. It's been clear for a couple of years now that the German luxury makers feel they need competitive responses to the startling emergence of electric-car maker Tesla Motors.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2015

It's now clear that we'll see a slew of all-electric luxury vehicles with ranges of 200 miles or more from German makers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2017 or 2018. What's less clear is whether those vehicles will be developed as electric cars from the ground up or whether they'll be adapted versions of gasoline models.

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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 global battery production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars will in the future consist of eight factories on three continents. Mercedes-Benz Vans electrifies its entire commercial fleet.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2015

Over the next few years, the German luxury establishment--including Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche--is expected to launch a barrage of electric car models in a belated attempt to take on startup Tesla Motors. For some time, it's been understood that one of those models will be an all-electric SUV from Audi.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Which upcoming SUV looks like a sports car? What's happening to hybrid sales as electrics take off? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Sept. Friday, we noted the kickoff of National Drive Electric Week, the eighth year that electric car owners and enthusiasts have.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2019

The Tesla Model 3 also achieved another record in February, as it became the top-selling premium midsize sedan in Europe—outperforming the popular Mercedes C-Class, Audi A4 and BMW 3-Series. SUVs, vans and sports cars were the only segments to grow during the month, as compact and midsize cars, and MPVs recorded large drops.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Aston Martin will still rely on Lucid for some powertrain components under an agreement put in place in 2023 2025 Aston Martin Vantage Aston claims it still plans “to have a line-up of electric sports cars and SUVs,” but it will take a “blended drivetrain approach” combining EVs and plug-in hybrids between 2025 and 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

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. Mercedes-Benz and Land Rover showed the most price strength in the luxury market, transacting between 2.6% in November.

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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. At the Paris auto show, Mercedes-Benz presented its new product brand for electromobility, EQ.

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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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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. Chinese demand for EVs soared throughout 2018, as the car-type gained more visibility among consumers, due in part to their promotion by local governments for their environmental impact. Passenger electric cars recorded 1.26

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EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Second gen ‘ZE1’ Leafs (introduced 2018) start from $25,000, with earlier Japanese imports a bit cheaper. Renault Zoe Intens – from $25,000 2018 Renault Zoe BEV. Priced around $45k when new in 2018, a couple are on sale now for $25,000, one with just 22,000km on the clock and range of 300km.

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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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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. Mercedes-Benz declined three spots to number 17. Audi and BMW both declined from last year.

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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 noted that the Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz E-Class offered nearly as much horsepower as some of the worst performers on the list.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 11, 2023

You’ll in finding those tales and extra in as of late’s automobile information, proper right here at Motor Authority.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

A minor surprise comes from the Nissan Leaf, a model that scored 692 registrations last month, its best score in Norway since 2018. A step below, we have Mercedes and Tesla, both with 6% share. Pl Model Sales 1 Tesla Model 3 4.232 2 VW ID.3 3 by just 16 units.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Navigant expects sales of plug-in EVs from luxury manufacturers, such as Tesla, Mercedes, Audi, and BMW to grow strongly through 2018 before leveling off at around 50% of the plug-in EV market. Accordingly, Navigant expects this luxury brand push to increase global sales of plug-in EVs significantly in the near term.

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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

MAY 26, 2021

4 – Sitting in the vortex of the current hottest trends (Plugins and compact Crossovers/SUVs) much is expected from the new Volkswagen, especially considering that its ID.3 The Mercedes GLC300e/de also had a good month, climbing to 12th, surpassing the Volvo XC60 PHEV and becoming the new midsize SUV Best Seller.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

Purchasers of SUVs, who represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the auto market, almost always opt for a diesel engine. In 2012, the share of diesel engines in the large SUV segment stood at around 80%. As recently as 2009, the Mercedes E class was the only diesel sedan on the market.

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