Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

Diesel vehicles generally saved owners between $2,000 to $6,000 in total ownership costs during a three to five year period when compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to data compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). —“Total Cost of Ownership”.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

Mercedes-Benz buses are now available in EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) versions. Mercedes-Benz achieved the low emissions solely by means of internal engine measures and without an additional particulate filter in the case of the Mercedes-Benz BlueTec engines or a fuel economy penalty.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S.

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Teslarati

MARCH 26, 2024

While the maintenance costs of EVs are generally considered far lower than those of ICE vehicles, tires are an exception, sometimes wearing out more quickly on EVs due to them often being heavier and offering higher torque. Power Credit: J.D. Power Credit: J.D.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

Converted from a standard Mercedes Sprinter, the new van will go into immediate service from the Ocado spoke in West Drayton, making conventional deliveries of groceries to customers in the area. Maintenance and service package. UK-based ULEMCo ( earlier post ) has delivered the first hydrogen dual-fuel van to online supermarket Ocado.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

The new charge station is designed to be a low-cost, wall-mounted indoor unit aimed initially at vehicle dealerships. The business also provides consulting, strategy and technical information for vehicle servicing and maintenance, as well as for charging and the servicing of electric vehicles.

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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 charging technology can also be programmed to lower electricity tariffs to impact operating costs favorably. 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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Baua Electric

APRIL 27, 2024

Which EV brand has the lowest ownership costs of any automotive brand? With it, the base Model Y rear-wheel drive could cost just $37,130, with other state incentives yet to be deducted. The 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class EV made its debut this week. Which automaker priced its hardware set allowing its EVs to back up the home?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

AM General is combining highly reliable, low maintenance, fuel-saving powertrain options and advanced safety systems into a durable, low operating-cost vehicle. Reduced maintenance schedule with less complex repairs yields significant savings. The series of innovations include: Light weight, fuel efficient vehicle technologies.

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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. Supply chain management: Optimizing inventory levels, predicting demand, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.

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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. Mercedes-Benz Trucks has already been equipping the eActros, brought into series production in 2021, for heavy-duty distribution with the appropriate electric power take-off for several months.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2016

Fuel cell electric vehicles in the rally include models from Toyota, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz. About $100 million has been invested to date to support the construction, operation and maintenance of 49 hydrogen refueling stations, including a mobile refueler. —ARB Chair Mary Nichols.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The new approach to natural gas combustion technology is designed to provide vehicle and engine original manufacturers (OEMs) with a “downsized” natural gas solution that is cost competitive while providing similar levels of power, torque, and fuel economy to a larger diesel engine. Mercedes-Benz 7.7L mono-fuel gas engine.

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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. So is the future looking good for Mercedes’ electric vans? Now, the eSprinter has been refreshed into a “2.0” Let’s dig in. miles per kWh.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

Car OEMs such as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo, in cooperation with Microsoft/HoloLens, are exploring VR automotive applications through virtual pre-sales experiences to boost online vehicle sales business models. Faraday Future is also using VR, but to design vehicles, saving costs in building prototypes and accelerating time to market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

port fuel injected (PFI) gasoline—during periods of higher fuel costs. Regardless of the mechanism, they concluded, the higher resale prices justify the higher capital cost for the diesel and hybrid passenger cars and for larger diesel trucks on a total cost of ownership basis. But that’s only one element of the equation.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

Despite being ideal for hauling heavy loads in dense urban areas, and longer routes in a pinch, smaller box trucks have been losing ground to the likes of the Ford Transit and Mercedes Sprinter. But this has become especially true for commercial vehicles which need to keep costs and complexity down to help with fleet sales.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Daimler is leading the way in GPF adoption with its 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-500 being the first passenger car to be equipped with a GPF. Improved material selection and design will be crucial to decrease exhaust back pressure as well as costs. Frost & Sullivan estimates the cost of a GPF to be between $135–$170.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Initial results from a joint pilot test of 14 series-produced Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses running NExBTL renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil, HVO) since mid-2008 show a reduction in NO x emissions of up to 15%, and in CO 2 emissions of more than 60% compared to fossil fuels. Manfred Schuckert, company strategist at Daimler AG.

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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. No more, as the electrification of the trucks that move America’s goods and do its work is here, and growing fast. Using a Fleet Management Company.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

resulting in a 15% improvement in total cost per mile while maintaining similar reliability and operational performance as compared to conventional vehicles, according to an assessment by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Source: Lammert 2009. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Eaton Corp.

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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. Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL cars starting 2010, which are also equipped with a fuel cell drive system.

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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. AWD will be compared to its keenest competition–the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Lexus LS and BMW 7 Series, which are all very nice luxury sedans. AWD $89,495 3.5T

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Teslarati

JANUARY 21, 2024

Departments of Transportation and Energy have announced $325 million in new investments going toward improving electric vehicle (EV) charger reliability and cutting costs in the industry. to invest $325 million into EV charger reliability and lowering costs appeared first on TESLARATI. charging infrastructure. The post U.S.

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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. With 40 percent of the cost of every BMW EV tied up in batteries, the new cells should cut BMW’s battery costs by 50 percent at the pack level. BMW Inside, the BMW is just as daring. Anodes trim graphite content by 20 percent.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

It provides both Electric 4Ws as well Electric 3Ws across OEMs including Mahindra, Tata Motors, Piaggio, Mercedes-Benz etc. Quiklyz’s value proposition for its customers includes zero down payment schemes, flexible tenure options, no resale or maintenance hassle, and much more. to 3 lakh units.

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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. With 40 percent of the cost of every BMW EV tied up in batteries, the new cells should cut BMW’s battery costs by 50 percent at the pack level. BMW Inside, the BMW is just as daring. Anodes trim graphite content by 20 percent.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2011

Daimler Trucks has launched the Mercedes-Benz OM 47x, under the name “Blue Efficiency Power” The Blue Efficiency Power generation of Mercedes-Benz engines has been specifically developed for use in Europe and is the first of its type to meet, from the outset, the Euro VI emission standard. Mercedes-Benz OM 471, with a 12.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its new pickup truck—the first from a premium manufacturer—the X-Class. In short, the X-Class is the Mercedes among pickups. —Dr Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars. The market launch in Europe is scheduled for November 2017.

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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). Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. GM underneath, but Acura throughout The ZDX comes in a base A-Spec and a performance model called Type S.

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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. More mainstream models will come from Kia, Mahindra, Škoda, and Volkswagen.

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

To save development and maintenance costs, and to leverage emerging standards, charging station manufacturers increasingly turn to EV ecosystem partners. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) : A more reliable and available network leads to reduced CapEx and OpEx resulting in reduced TCO for network operators.

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2011

Mercedes-Benz has introduced the new Actros heavy-duty truck, specifically designed to serve all applications in long-distance transport; previously this domain was served by two truck series, the Actros and the Axor. The new Actros. Click to enlarge. The new Actros has been developed to comply with the Euro VI emissions standard. L/100km (9.1

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We spent a week in the smallest Genesis sedan that is designed to take-on the BMW 3-series and Mercedes-Benz C-class sports sedans and found it was a lot of well-engineered car for the money. Maintenance – Three years/36,000 miles. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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