Green Car Reports

MAY 15, 2019

We're among the first to drive the Mercedes-Benz EQC. billion in a new battery factory in Germany. And our Twitter poll asks how EV drivers should contribute to road maintenance. Volkswagen plans to invest $1.1 Hyundai and Kia invest $80 million in Croatian EV startup Rimac. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

Autonomy’s order was placed with the fleet departments of the following automakers: BMW, Canoo, Fisker, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Kia, Lucid, Mercedes-Benz, Polestar, Rivian, Stellantis, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, VinFast, Volvo and Volkswagen. Battery Range: 250 miles minimum (with some exceptions). Telematics: Fully connected.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

With the average vehicle now older than ever before and fewer people capable of spending the kind of money required to purchase a brand-new automobile, maintenance has become even more relevant. A dud from a company offering below-average maintenance costs may very well outpace the typical vehicle from a brand that’s known for pricey upkeep.

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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. With an installed battery capacity of 41.4 Electric drive strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Mercedes-Benz US International, Inc. The GenDrive units will replace lead-acid batteries, which require space-consuming charging areas and an expensive maintenance infrastructure. The GenDrive units will replace lead-acid batteries, which require space-consuming charging areas and an expensive maintenance infrastructure.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The list of eligible vehicles shows a number of battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, including all of Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y trim variants and at least one Model S option. Earlier this year, the state’s legislature also proposed and passed an EV tax , making EV owners pay extra fees to help fund road maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL. The 100 battery-driven electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL vans ( earlier post ) in use in Berlin and Stuttgart have covered 650,000 km (404,000 miles). The batteries of Vito E-CELL vans are recharged at these locations outside of operating hours. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

At this year’s bauma this week in Munich, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is presenting several fully battery-electric trucks for construction site applications. In cooperation with the Munich tipper manufacturer MEILLER, Mercedes-Benz Trucks has developed an electric power take-off for various types of trailers.

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Drive Electric

MAY 22, 2023

As more people choose to own Electric Vehicles (EVs) in New Zealand, it’s important for drivers to understand how and where to access reliable, efficient, EV-specific repair and maintenance services. In this article, we will explore what happens to old EV batteries in New Zealand and why it’s essential to dispose of them properly.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Students and young professionals met on 5-6 November in Silicon Valley, California, to compete in the fifth 24-hour hackathon jointly organized by the Business Innovation Team of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Mercedes-Benz Vans and DigitalLife@Daimler. Experienced mentors were on hand to help.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

Mercedes-Benz introduced its new Vito model series for the mid-size van (2.5–3.2 It works in practically every car or van from Mercedes-Benz—all the way up to the S-Class. The ECO Gear six-speed manual transmission is standard in conjunction with rear-wheel drive and the Mercedes-Benz OM 651 engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

The German Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) will provide funding for Daimler Buses to develop, evaluate, and test the first small fleet of Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid articulated buses ( earlier post ). The Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid is a series diesel-hybrid city bus able to run solely on electric power.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 8, 2021

As with battery-powered cars, a low center of gravity delivers great handling, too. Many electric bikes have built-in batteries, which means you need to charge outside or in your garage. kilowatt-hour air-cooled battery packs, each weighing about 12 pounds. The Zapp battery is designed to be carried home for charging.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 27, 2024

The 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class EV made its debut this week. Although it’s missing the silicon-anode battery chemistry the automaker suggested this model would debut, it’s going to be a serious rival to the Rivian R1S, GMC Hummer EV, and Tesla Cybertruck. If this model arrives in the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Mercedes-AMG has developed a new high-revving, naturally aspirated 5.5-liter The SLK55 AMG will remain the only roadster in its segment with an eight-cylinder engine, Mercedes said. The switch from four to eight-cylinder operation is immediate and imperceptible, leading to no loss of occupant comfort, according to Mercedes-AMG.

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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. This spec has a 170-inch wheelbase and a 113kWh LFP battery, with max payload of 2,624lbs. ft of torque). Let’s dig in.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

EVs make a lot of sense for commercial fleets with reduced fuel and maintenance costs and batteries that can be sized to a specific route to eliminate range anxiety. They are now considering electric hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), battery electric (BEV) and soon hydrogen electric (FCEV) vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Daimler, with its wholly owned subsidiary NuCellSys GmbH, and together with Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America (MBRDNA) and Daimler Innovations Lab1886 is expanding the use case of its innovative automotive fuel cell technology. Recently, it presented the next step with pre-production models of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F‑CELL.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 14, 2024

AI systems provide detailed insights, indicating which vehicle components require maintenance or replacement. AI-based personalisation extends beyond comfort settings to include predictive maintenance and proactive vehicle health monitoring enhancing the array of new car offer s. #4

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 9, 2023

This handsomely minimal sedan eschews the ever-larger screens of Mercedes, Teslas and other models. First, BMW is switching its familiar prismatic batteries for the kind of large-format, cylindrical cells that Tesla seeks to pioneer with its “4680” cells. They’ll be built in tandem with China’s CATL and other battery partners.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

A typical 100-mile range EV with a 25 kWh battery pack can add an additional 50 miles in less than 20 minutes, and deliver a full charge of 100 miles in approximately 40 minutes. Earlier post.) The first product, a 30 kW dealership-based unit, will be available in North America and Europe and meet SAE and IEC standards.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

a Cincinnati-based company, was announced by Carlton Rose, UPS Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering president at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach, Calif. It first added battery-electric power to the GM Sky two-seat roadster. The small ICE could be outfitted for gasoline, propane, or CNG. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

The new Mercedes-AMG EQS is the first battery-electric AMG production model based on the Mercedes-EQ architecture. Starting from $147,500, the 2022 Mercedes-AMG EQS Sedan will arrive in US dealerships in late spring of 2022. Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs. Fellow TTAC author Chris Tonn noted that differing maintenance routines could have played a factor, using brakes as an example. It makes sense from an engineering perspective.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 9, 2023

This handsomely minimal sedan eschews the ever-larger screens of Mercedes, Teslas and other models. First, BMW is switching its familiar prismatic batteries for the kind of large-format, cylindrical cells that Tesla seeks to pioneer with its “4680” cells. They’ll be built in tandem with China’s CATL and other battery partners.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The new Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid made its first appearance in its future operating location of Hamburg. Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL cars starting 2010, which are also equipped with a fuel cell drive system. The fuel cell drive system is also practically maintenance-free, and has a long operating life.

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Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A battery electric vehicle (BEV) uses an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine. These vehicles use large traction battery packs to power the motor. Many people have an exaggerated perception of the fire risks of EVs because they use lithium-ion batteries. What about the electrolyte in the battery?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

By 2022, Mercedes-Benz’ entire product range will be electrified. There will be electric alternatives in every segment from smart to SUV, with well in excess of 130 variants in total, ranging from 48-volt on-board electrical system with EQ Boost to plug-in-hybrids to all-electric vehicles with batteries or fuel cells. consumption 0.34

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Funded by the DOE’s Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA), NREL’s Fleet Test & Evaluation (FT&E) team performed a 12-month evaluation of six MY 2007 P70D hybrid vans and six MY 2006 P70D standard diesel vans at a UPS location in Phoenix, collecting and analyzing fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Their results, they cautioned in an open-access paper published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology , are sensitive to assumptions regarding electricity source, use-phase energy consumption, vehicle lifetime, and battery replacement schedules. They investigated two types of batteries in the EV case: LiFePO 4 and LiNCM.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. Fuel cell car launches will spur a new round of “fuel cell vehicle versus battery electric vehicle” hype.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 1, 2023

When matched against the perennial standard of the Mercedes-Benz S500 , the G90 equals or bests this iconic German luxury car in many ways. After 2025 they will come out with no new internal combustion engine models and, by 2030, will only sell cars and SUVs powered by a battery. But things are changing for them.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2024

In Acura-speak, Type S is the performance division (like BMW has M, Hyundai has N, Mercedes-Benz has AMG and so on). The AWD ZDX Type S, weighing-in at 6,052 pounds, is planted solidly to the ground with the batteries placed below the floor to deliver a low center of gravity and 50:50 weight distribution.

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Acura All-Electric SUV Miles 85

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. Battery costs are making significant improvements. The MEB extends its open approach to batteries, as well. Earlier post.) Open space.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

With a fully charged battery, the XC60 Recharge can go 36 miles on pure electricity (speed-limited to about 80 mph) and has a 63 MPGe rating. Charging There are three ways the XC60 Recharge battery is replenished. When the hybrid engine is running, the battery can be charged by selecting the Charge mode.

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

EV charging software manages much more than just topping up the battery in an electric vehicle. More advanced, smart charging stations accommodate the characteristics of different vehicle batteries, enable charging sessions and communicate with back-end/infrastructure software hosted in the cloud for more advanced capabilities.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In its future operating location of Hamburg, Germany, the new Mercedes Benz Citaro Fuel Cell Hybrid made its first public appearance earlier this week. As an added bonus, the fuel cell drive system is almost maintenance free and has a long operating life.

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