Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2021

In the future, they will drive the global production of battery-electric and hydrogen-based drive systems in a production and technology network for electric drive components and battery systems, together with the sister plant in Detroit. In addition to the competence centers, these are being set up at all plants.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2020

Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, and the Concept i4. All measures and initiatives implemented in conjunction with Performance > NEXT are taking us in the right direction. At that stage, the BMW Group will offer five all-electric series production vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Mercedes-Benz plans to introduce the MMA-based (Mercedes Modular Architecture) Concept CLA Class at the IAA Mobility Show in Germany this weekend. This will preview the brand’s all-new “MB.OS” operating system and the vehicle it's putting on the front line to help draw in a new generation of customers.&

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Electrek

JULY 24, 2023

The luxury automaker is planning to unveil the electric vehicle we have all been waiting for. In September, Mercedes-Benz will show off a preview of its new entry-level EV, a CLA-sized electric sedan, at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich, Germany.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

Ford has revealed the new Transit Smart Energy Concept—a one-of-a-kind 10-seater minibus that is helping the company explore solutions for maximizing the energy efficiency and driving range of electrified vehicles. The energy is provided by the high-voltage battery, presenting a significant challenge to the vehicle’s driving range.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The panel of Volkswagen ID Buzz concepts based on the automaker's all-electric frame has finally reached, well, panel status. In Hannover, Germany, Volkswagen on Thursday showed off its ID Buzz Cargo concept based on its MEB electric-car architecture.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2023

China is already home to BMW Group’s largest R&D system outside of Germany, with locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing. Based on the concept of open innovation, all BMW’s R&D functions in China have been merged together under one roof for efficient collaboration and high-speed performance.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO,in its auto show debut, is an electric panel van concept based on the MEB toolkit that offers up to 340 miles of range on the WLTP cycle. The electric Cargo e-Bike concept, in its North American debut, carries a 463 lb payload.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Furthermore, the all-electric BMW iX3 ( earlier post ) to be produced by BBA—the first BMW brand model to be driven purely by electric power—is planned for export to markets outside of China. The all-electric BMW iX3, produced by BBA from 2020, will find customers around the world.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2017

Mercedes-Benz has big plans for electric vehicles in the future, but its main nod to what those plans will bring thus far is the EQ Concept. Shown at the Paris Motor Show last year, the vehicle represents a conceptual version of the first of many electric vehicles to come from the Germany luxury marque.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

The goals of both partners are to industrialize the planned battery cell production at the Salzgitter site of Volkswagen Group Components and to develop first use cases of the Volkswagen unified cell concept for the volume segment. The unified cell is compatible to all major upcoming innovations in both product and production technology.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2019

The el-Born concept car is the first SEAT conceived as an electric vehicle, and it will reach the market in 2020. SEAT will be the second brand of the Volkswagen Group to build a car on the MEB platform, and a new generation of products based on the most advanced electric and connectivity technology will roll off its assembly lines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Furthermore, the all-electric BMW iX3 ( earlier post ) to be produced by BBA—the first BMW brand model to be driven purely by electric power—is planned for export to markets outside of China. The all-electric BMW iX3, produced by BBA from 2020, will find customers around the world.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Magna continues its transformation toward electric mobility with the start of production of its mild hybrid transmission for BMW Group. Magna’s new 7-speed, mild hybrid dual-clutch transmission is the latest to be featured exclusively on BMW Group’s compact class, which underpins all its front-transverse vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Dachser is now making all its deliveries to the heart of the southwest Germany city Freiburg emission-free, using a combination of Fuso eCanters, StreetScooters, and cargo bikes. km 2 zone will receive all their groupage shipments completely emission-free. Effective immediately, B2B and B2C customers in this roughly 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Ford in Europe has chosen its plant in Valencia, Spain, as the preferred site to assemble vehicles based on a next-generation electric vehicle architecture. Pending product approval, the Valencia plant could produce the electric and connected vehicles beginning later this decade.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Vans will offer electric drive options on all its commercial van model lines. The eVito, the second all-electric production model from Mercedes-Benz Vans after the 2010 Vito E-Cell, starts at €39,990 (US$47,000) (in Germany excl. Electric drive strategy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) opened the tender process for the national fast-charging network: Deutschlandnetz. Companies and company consortia can compete for the bid to set up and operate around 900 fast-charging locations throughout Germany. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

Volkswagen is expanding its global production network for electric vehicles by now starting to make the all-electric ID.4 Emden is now the second site for electric vehicles in Germany following Zwickau and also joins the Chinese plants in Anting and Foshan. 4 in Emden. Chattanooga (ID.4) Apart from the ID.4,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Daimler Truck subsidiary MFTBC (Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, FUSO) unveiled the next-generation model of the all-electric light-duty truck FUSO eCanter. New modular battery concept. With the Next Generation eCanter, FUSO is introducing a new modular battery concept. kWh, have a range of up to 70 km (43.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2021

This year, for the first time, we are conducting field trials in Germany, in which the self-driving system by Argo AI will be used in a version of the future ID. The aim is to develop a ride-hailing and pooling concept similar to what MOIA offers today. They are based on the all-electric ID.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) said it will unveil a world premiere compact SUV plug-in hybrid concept car on 3 March at the 85 th Geneva International Motor Show. Germany: 1,060 units. Top selling national markets for the Outlander PHEV in 2014 were: The Netherlands: 7,666 units. The UK: 5,370 units. Sweden: 2,289 units.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

QUANTRON has unveiled its new 12m electric bus called CIZARIS. The new bus model in the Augsburg-based company’s bus portfolio will be launched as an all-electric version (CIZARIS 12 EV), followed in 2023 by a fuel cell drive (CIZARIS 12 H) that uses a largely identical powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Germany-based MTU Aero Engines has entered into an innovation partnership with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to investigate the potential ways forward for future certification of what MTU calls a “flying fuel cell” (FFC)—i.e., The first is to refine its Geared Turbofan with revolutionary propulsion concepts—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

The fully electric compact model is the first electric SUV to be produced by Audi in Germany. The Q4 e-tron features a Volkswagen-made modular electric drive matrix (MEB), a highly versatile and variable platform that is suitable for numerous fully electric models and offers considerable scope for leveraging synergies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2016

Automotive supplier Schaeffler introduced a new micro-mobility concept during the “auto motor und sport” conference. The Schaeffler concept combines the advantages of stability and weather protection with the energy consumption and space utilization of a pedelec. With the electrically-assisted drive system (up to 25 km/h / 15.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

With the new fourth-generation smart electric drive, Daimler’s smart brand is applying electrification across all models in the range. smart will be the only car manufacturer worldwide currently to offer its full model range with both combustion engines and all-electric drive. Powered by a 17.6 kWh/100 km.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Two electric motors, as part of a new e-axle, generate a continuous output of 400 kW and a peak output of over 600 kW. This will offer customers numerous other possible use cases in fully electric transport. This includes the installation of all electrical components and putting the vehicle into operation at the end of the line.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

Mercedes-Benz Trucks celebrated the world premiere of its battery-electric eActros for heavy-duty short-radius distribution—its first series-produced electric truck. The standard model of the eActros is planned to roll off the production line in Wörth am Rhein (Germany) from autumn 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

German regional transit operator Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV) is introducing a pair of electric buses with Bombardier PRIMOVE wireless charging technology ( earlier post ) in a research project serving the city of Mannheim, Germany. We want to turn Germany into a leading e-mobility supplier and market. Peter Gratzfeld.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

The vehicles are near production concept cars and have not gone on sale yet. Buzz is a genuine icon for the electric era. Buzz will also be used for future autonomous mobility concepts such as ridepooling – an e-shuttle service of Group subsidiary MOIA that can be booked via an app. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo in Hamburg.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2017

MAHLE has developed a highly efficient 48-volt electric vehicle concept for urban mobility. MEET” (MAHLE Efficient Electric Transport) will make its world debut at IAA Cars 2017 in Frankfurt/Germany in September. The functional safety is increased by means of redundancy in the electric powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is having a lasting impact on people’s mobility habits all over the world, according to the findings of the Continental Mobility Study 2020. New car-sharing concepts such as ride pooling or ride hailing have not played a relevant role so far. But even here, there is no evidence of a mainstream phenomenon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The BMW Group is further expanding its Germany-based production capacities for electric drives. We are consistently ramping up the production of e-drives to meet our ambitious electric mobility targets. Now we are also stepping up our battery production output in Germany.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 27, 2023

China is already home to BMW Group’s largest R&D system outside of Germany, with locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing. Based on the concept of open innovation, all BMW’s R&D functions in China have […] The post BMW Opens New Shanghai R&D Center appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As part of the 25 th Aachen Colloquium this week in Germany, Schaeffler is unveiling the “Schaeffler High Performance 48 Volt” concept vehicle. The 48V mild hybrid, based on an Audi TT, features an electric rear axle equipped with a 20 kW motor complementing the internal combustion engine which drives the front axle (P4 architecture).

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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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