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Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell car-sharing JV SHARE NOW to Stellantis

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Mercedes-Benz Mobility and BMW Group intend to sell their car-sharing joint venture SHARE NOW to Stellantis. Portland, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas. —Gero Götzenberger, Director of Strategy and Investments at Mercedes-Benz Mobility.

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First two Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks headed to customers

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Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has built the first two Class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadias for customers at its research and development center in Portland. The trucks are part of Freightliner’s Electric Innovation Fleet and built to test the integration of battery electric trucks in to large-scale fleet operations.

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Daimler Trucks to invest €500M in highly automated trucks; stepping away from platooning, shooting for L4 automation

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In 2014, the world’s leading truck manufacturer presented the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025, the world’s first automated truck ( earlier post ), and was the first to demonstrate the technological opportunities and great potential that automated trucks have for the economy and society.

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Daimler Trucks E-Mobility Group starts global initiative for electric-truck charging infrastructure

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In the future, public charging at publicly accessible stations along central transport routes will also be an important aspect—a comprehensive charging infrastructure maximizes the operating range of battery-electric trucks. Global electric truck portfolio at Daimler Trucks.

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SPX Services suggests 5 early practical lessons about public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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SPX Service Solutions, a component of the diversified global SPX corporation, is partnering with GM and Daimler for charging stations and installation services for the Chevy Volt; and smart fortwo electric drive and Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL, respectively. That’s really what they did with [Portland’s] Electric Avenue.

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Daimler and PGE develop the electric truck stop of the future

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The Electric Island project, a collaboration between Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric, will be a test bed for all kinds of heavy-duty EV charging solutions. The Mercedes-Benz eActros, a heavy-duty truck aimed at the urban delivery market, is undergoing real-world testing, and is slated for production later this year.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Other components, due to regulatory or economic barriers, may not be commercially viable in the near future. Hybrid: A123 Systems, Eaton, FUSO, ITK Engineering, Mercedes-Benz, MiaSole, US Hybrid.

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