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Mercedes-Benz do Brasil presents fully electric bus chassis eO500U

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Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has presented the fully electric eO500U bus chassis. The fully electric bus chassis has a range of up to 250 kilometers. The fully electric eO500U bus chassis is part of our global development strategy for electromobility.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. From 2022, the production of our Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will operate CO 2 -neutral.

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Volkswagen outlines coming changes to charging for its EVs

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Customers can choose here between the basic version and two fully networked variants, which they can control using the We Connect ID. In Germany, the Volkswagen brand also offers a suitable electricity supply contract with “Volkswagen Naturstrom”, to guarantee fully certified green electricity from renewable energies.

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AKASOL expands agreement to supply Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer with batteries for electric buses

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These systems achieve 30 percent more energy density and thus more range with the same weight and installation space. Based in Germany, AKASOL operates a production facility in Langen (Hesse) with an annual production capacity of up to 300 MWh, which will be expanded to 800 MWh by 2020.

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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The EQS, the first electric luxury sedan from Mercedes-Benz, will start in the first half of 2021 in Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen site (Germany). kWh/100 km) at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen (Germany) was integrated into ongoing series production. In May 2019 production of the EQC (combined power consumption: 21.5

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2015 VW e-Golf EPA-rated at 116 MPGe combined, 83-mile range

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The 2015 e-Golf is Volkswagen’s first fully electric vehicle for the US market. Although Volkswagen has sold more than 30 million Golf models worldwide, this is the first zero tailpipe emissions, fully electric version of the car. The e-Golf has a 7.2

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MAN eTGE battery-electric van to be mass-produced from July onwards

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Advancing these ideas consistently, the sales of MAN’s first fully electric-powered production vehicle are now underway with the eTGE. The eTGE comes with a comprehensive range of built-in standard equipment, including a navigation system, heated windscreen and other features that help to make driving easier and safer.

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