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Mercedes unveils electric all-wheel drive Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 show car; CCS charging up to 350 kW

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At Monterey Car Week, Mercedes unveiled the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6. Designed as an electric car, the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, which measures almost six metres in length, features all-wheel drive provided by its four compact permanent magnet synchronous electric motors.

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Daimler Trucks North America delivers its first battery-electric commercial truck to Penske Truck Leasing

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Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has delivered the first vehicle in its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet—a Freightliner eM2 ( earlier post )—to Penske Truck Leasing, fulfilling its promise to put an electric commercial truck in customer hands in 2018. The range of the eM2 is around 370 km (230 miles).

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True Zero’s California hydrogen network hits 2M miles fueled mark; second 1M miles in 60 days

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True Zero , which operates the world’s largest network of hydrogen charging stations, has powered two-million miles of zero-emission driving on California roads 60 days after reaching its first million miles. Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai have also announced plans to begin retailing a fuel cell car in the near future.

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Mercedes-Benz reports on 3.3M km of B-Class Fuel Cell testing, looks ahead to next generation

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While Hyundai, Toyota and Honda seized much attention over their presentations of fuel cell rollout plans (in the case of Hyundai) and concepts (in the case of Honda and Toyota) at the Los Angeles and Tokyo auto shows, Daimler used EVS27 in Barcelona as a forum to report on its 3.3 million miles) in fleet testing. million km (5.6

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Hertz introduces the Tesla Model S to expanding US Dream Cars lineup

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The Hertz Corporation has expanded its Dream Cars offering with the introduction of the all-electric Tesla Model S in the US. The Tesla Model S to be available in California at San Francisco and Los Angeles airports is the 85kWh model, capable of 265 miles on one charge. Mercedes-Benz AMG (SLS, C63, E63).

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North American Debuts for Mercedes-Benz E350 BlueTEC, F-Cell at LA Auto show

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The diesel-powered E350 BlueTEC and hydrogen fuel-cell-powered F-Cell will be making their North American debuts at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. Mercedes-Benz will also introduce its first hybrid SUV, the two-mode ML450 HYBRID, to the West Coast. city-highway combined miles per gallon.

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Nobody Knows if the BMW M5 Touring is Coming to America

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This has led to all manner of speculation online, with some outlets confirming that the model is to officially remain in Europe. Some also noted that a camouflaged M5 Touring prototype had previously been spotted testing the roads in Los Angeles. BMW is probably wondering how many of those might opt for an M5 Touring instead.

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