Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
BUZZ CARGO concept—the first commercial vehicle to be based on the new I.D. Family and the modular electric drive kit (MEB). BUZZ CARGO concept is positioned in the size class beneath the Crafter. The payload of the concept vehicle is 800 kg; the I.D. The concept vehicle has this technology already.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Mercedes-Benz has integrated the Apple iPhone comprehensively into the user experience concept of the new A-Class—the first automotive manufacturer in the world to take this step. In a further world premiere, Mercedes-Benz will enable access to the iPhone’s voice-based intelligent companion Siri in the vehicle.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2015
The BiE project focuses on concepts for the seamless cooperation of various mobility service providers as well as on the optimized planning of larger, electrically driven car sharing fleets. The required investments, infrastructures, utilization, and economic efficiency of e-mobility solutions can be forecast for nearly any environment.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2018
Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons. Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2013
A platform is a horizontal segmentation; a CMF is a cross-sector concept. Renault already has more than 100 dealerships throughout India, compared to an original forecast of 70 by the end of 2013. When describing the CMF earlier in June, the companies explained that CMF is not a platform; it can involve several platforms.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2016
These four main kits are now joined by the all-new Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”, or MEB), being developed by the Volkswagen brand. Market forecasts project that sales revenue for connected cars will quadruple to €110 billion (US$123 billion) between 2015 and 2020. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
This is the opposite of the approach taken by Toyota with its Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) and Honda with its new FCV Concept ( earlier post ). In 2009, we forecast that a breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells could not be expected before the year 2020. We don’t know which technology will be the winner.” Earlier post.).
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