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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. While the United States has been a leader in electric mobility in many ways, we also lag behind several countries in EV market share.

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UNECE Adopts Type Approval for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles’ Electric Safety Requirements; Applies in 41 Countries

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100 which introduces type approval requirements for all types of electric and hybrid vehicles’ electric safety requirements. Once this approval has been obtained, the vehicle will benefit from the mutual recognition of this approval in all Contracting Parties applying UNECE Regulation No. 100—currently 41 countries.

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Pre-series-production eActros 300 Tractor drives 3,000 km from Germany to Turkey for testing

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The eActros 300 Tractor for distribution haulage has covered around 3,000 kilometers from the Mercedes-Benz Wörth plant to Aksaray in Turkey, where the road endurance and reliability testing of the electric truck will be taking place. Test engineers chose a route across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria for the trip.

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