Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Mercedes-AMG is moving ahead with electrification through innovative developments while also benefiting from motorsport know-how. An electric exhaust gas turbocharger, which in future will be used for the first time in a series production model, is already in the final stages of development.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Mercedes-AMG laid out its new electrified drive strategy , which is based on two pillars: Performance hybrids with a completely independent drive concept under the technology label E PERFORMANCE. Battery-electric AMG derivatives based on the new Mercedes Electric Vehicle Architecture (EVA) for luxury and premium-class vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

Following two variants with V8 engines, Mercedes-AMG is presenting the entry-level SL 43 version of its newly developed roadster icon. The system in the SL 43 is a direct derivative of the development successfully used by the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team for many years in the premier class of motorsport.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2022

Following Gdynia, the city of Wroclaw, Poland has ordered 11 fully electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G articulated buses. The official signing took place in Wroclaw at the headquarters of the Mercedes-Benz service partner, the Wróbel Group. The heating and air conditioning system is based on a CO 2 heat pump connected to a water circuit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

Mercedes-Benz plans to launch a global high-power charging network across North America, Europe, China and other key markets. The aim is to have the full network in place before the end of the decade, when Mercedes-Benz intends to go all-electric wherever market conditions allow.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Mercedes-Benz is teasing the next generation of its user experience ahead of the official reveal it has scheduled for CES 2024. The proprietary Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) is said to boast a voice assistant that uses artificial intelligence and more space for screens than ever before. Paired with our in-house MB.OS

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

Electrify America announced an agreement with Mercedes-Benz USA to provide drivers of the all-electric EQS complimentary charging for two years at Electrify America EV charging stations. Drivers will be able to manage their charging plan through the proprietary Mercedes me Charge platform and driver app.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

Belgian food box provider HelloFresh has received seven Mercedes-Benz eVito refrigerated electric vans with a cooling upfit made by Kerstner. The result was a vehicle which is based on the Mercedes-Benz eVito and which, together with the refrigerated body specialists from Kerstner, was further developed to market maturity.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

With “Startup adVANce”, a large-scale startup partnership challenge, Mercedes-Benz Vans is starting its search for intelligent solutions relating to the transport of goods and passengers. The goal is to find new, innovative partners with whom Mercedes-Benz Vans can establish long-term partnerships without constricting the startups.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Mercedes-Benz shared that its new Wallbox EV charger is now available to customers throughout the US. The Level 2 home charger was designed in true Mercedes-Benz style and has internet-connected capabilities like remote functions and over-the-air updates. kW, about 8x faster than a charge using a conventional 110V outlet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Rocsys, the first provider of autonomous charging solutions powered by robotics and artificial intelligence ( earlier post ), has joined ROCIN-ECO , a consortium with IONITY, Audi, TÜV SÜD, Porsche, BMW, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, AVL, and Huber+Suhner. We are proud to join this great consortium with such powerful international partners.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans launched its new mid-size van—the Vito—at the Chengdu Motor Show in China on Friday. In an event to be held this Wednesday at its “Van Innovation Campus” in Stuttgart, Mercedes-Benz Vans will unveil its vision of the van of the future: connected and electrically powered. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

Mercedes-Benz AG and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) have formally established the global joint venture “smart Automobile Co., billion RMB, the share of Mercedes-Benz AG will be mainly covered by the contribution of the smart brand. Future production will be located in China. Both parties will equally contribute 2.7

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In the coming winter, in cooperation with the district of Zollernalb, Mercedes-Benz will test how safety on wintry roads and the efficiency of municipal winter services can be improved with car-to-X communication. In the future this will make it possible to deploy the winter service more effectively and optimize the use of de-icing salt.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2023

When IDTechEx attended CES, it was clear to see that the future cabin interior would be filled with screens. Mercedes went one step further; now that it has level 3 certification in both the US and Germany, it is possible for the driver to play video games while the car drives itself, up to a speed of 40mph.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant will produce electric vehicles in the new electric EQ brand ( earlier post ), according to an agreement the company and works council have signed after intensive negotiations. Mercedes-Benz earlier announced that its Bremen plant will build the first production EQ model by the end of this decade.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Mercedes-Benz announced its integration with the Google Assistant on Google Home. Google Home, a voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant, makes it possible to interact with the Mercedes-Benz vehicle from home. The feature will be available to Mercedes-Benz customers in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Mercedes-Benz announced a strategic partnership with smart watch company Pebble Technology in the run-up to the 2014 International CES. At its CES booth, Mercedes-Benz will demonstrate how an intelligently networked vehicle becomes a part of the “internet of things” and what benefits this can have for the customer.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Midsize Fastback Luxury Electric Sedan In Mercedes-Benz speak, anything going forward with an EQ on the badge means it is only powered by electricity. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE, compared to the EQS is smaller, lighter and a bit less powerful, none of which are a bad thing. Too small for a charge port, so what is it? Curious indeed.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Mercedes-Benz will build the first production model of the new electric EQ product brand ( earlier post ) in Bremen by the end of this decade. The product brand EQ is an elementary part of the corporate strategy for future mobility bundled under the term CASE.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This effort focuses on codifying elements such as plug connections, charging speeds, reliability, and cybersecurity. Prominent automakers such as Ford, General Motors, Rivian, Volvo, Polestar, and Mercedes-Benz have plans to integrate NACS charge ports in their EV models beginning in 2025. As a result, the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Mercedes-Benz will set up electric vehicle production in the United States. The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz US International), its Tuscaloosa, Alabama facility. —Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A new car-sharing platform from Mercedes-Benz will go online at the start of December. The acronym CASE is the name given to the specific area of strategy at Mercedes‑Benz Cars that focuses on the future-oriented issues of “connectivity”, “ autonomous driving”, “sharing” and “electric drive systems”. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Mercedes-Benz started its “Intelligent World Drive” at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) in September to adapt more highly automated driving functions to national user and traffic practices. In this process, Mercedes-Benz cooperates in, among others, a joint research project with Tsinghua University.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

Daimler Trucks demonstrated the new Highway Pilot Connect system for autonomous truck platooning on the A52 autobahn near Düsseldorf. Three WiFi-connected, autonomously driving trucks operated on the autobahn with authorization for public traffic in a platoon formation. The smart, self-optimizing truck has the highest priority for us.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) is opening a lab in Seattle, the organization’s sixth. Software experts there will focus on Cloud computing to expand and enhance connected car functionality in Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2015

(QTI), a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced a strategic collaboration focused on connected car technologies. With this in mind, we are eager to jointly explore possible fields of future cooperation with an internationally leading tech-firm like Qualcomm. program for electric vehicles. —Prof. Automotive Solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Hermes and Mercedes-Benz Vans have agreed on a wide-ranging strategic partnership to electrify the courier service’s vehicle fleet. By the end of 2020, Hermes Germany intends to deploy 1,500 Mercedes-Benz Vito and Sprinter electric vans in urban areas across Germany. —Frank Rausch, CEO of Hermes Germany GmbH. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2016

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. The output of the drive system is 550 kW (750 hp).

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Mercedes-Benz announced today that it has started accepting orders for the EQS all-electric sedan, starting at €106,374.10 In development for several years , Mercedes-Benz unveiled the EQS on April 15th, aiming to take a stab at the EV giants who have dominated the industry. Credit: Mercedes Benz. for its base model.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 6, 2020

Audi is connecting everything in future EVs with a central computer. CATL cells will power Mercedes-Benz’s electric flagship. And the 2021 Audi E-Tron gets a price. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2015

and the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, have collaborated to enable the wireless download of racecar telemetry data via Wi-Fi using 5 GHz spectrum during Formula One practice sessions. Qualcomm Incorporated through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Data is now transferred via high-speed wireless in the pitlane.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled two design variants of the Concept X-CLASS, previewing the coming X-Class pickup, in Stockholm. The introduction of the one-ton pickup with seating for up to 5 people will make Mercedes-Benz the first premium manufacturer to account for the changing customer requirements in the global segment of mid-size pickups.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans has launched an initiative it calls adVANce, focused on the company’s transformation from solely a vehicle manufacturer to becoming a provider of holistic system solutions for goods and passenger transport. Mercedes-Benz Vans also presented the "Vision Van" van study as part of the adVANce initiative.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The new generation Mercedes-Benz S 560 e plug-in hybrid—the successor to the S 500 e PHEV— combines the 270 kW (367 hp) of the V6 spark-ignition engine with an electric output of 90 kW. In conjunction with the Mercedes-Benz Wallbox, the on-board 7.2‑kW The PHEV features combined fuel consumption of 2.1

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

The first Mercedes-Benz battery-electric eCitaro bus ( earlier post ) will be delivered at the end of the year and will go into practical operations in the context of a customer-oriented driving test. Series production of the Mercedes-Benz Citaro with all-electric drive will then begin at the end of the year at the Mannheim bus plant.

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