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Opel Meriva minivan with new entry-level 1.6 diesel delivers 58.8 mpg

Green Car Congress

The new Opel Meriva minivan offers a new range of economical gasoline, LPG and diesel engines. This has earned the Meriva the best A+ energy efficiency label in Germany. VAT in Germany). The highlight is the 1.6 CDTI diesel available in three output levels: 100 kW/136 hp, 81 kW/110 hp, and new in the range, the 70 kW/95 hp.

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Mercedes-Benz introduces electric delivery vans, with an app, in Germany

Green Car Reports

Mercedes-Benz has made a commitment to offering a full range of electric commercial vehicles from minivans to semi-trucks. Vehicle fleet managers may be the first to convert wholesale to electric vehicles, because their decisions start and end with cost, and electric miles are cheaper than gas. Starting with the smallest segment, Mercedes.

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Junkyard Find: 1991 Dodge Grand Caravan LE

The Truth About Cars

We've had a run of European machinery in this series lately, with six of the last ten Junkyard Finds coming from across the Atlantic ( one from Sweden , one from Italy , two from West Germany and two from France ), so today it's the turn of that most Michigandic of machinery: A Chrysler minivan. Lesser Caravans got a Chrysler 2.5-liter

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GM Electric Meriva Van Tests Vehicle-to-Grid Charging in Germany

Green Car Reports

This morning, the company's Opel unit announced that it would test a fleet of Opel Meriva small minivans converted to electric power in Germany. Last summer, Karl Stracke, the vice president of global vehicle engineering of General Motors, said the company planned to test three battery-electric vehicles in different global regions.

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VW to start out self sustaining ride-hailing assessments this date in Austin, Texas

Baua Electric

” In Austin, the corporate will first of all utility short-wheelbase variations of the ID Buzz electrical minivan imported from Europe for the checking out program. ” VW has been working experiments with ride-hailing and self sustaining variations of the ones services and products in its local Germany for a number of years.

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Hypercar Company Rimac Developing Robotaxi Service

The Truth About Cars

The electric hypercar company was developing an autonomous taxi based around the Renault Espace minivan. Germany and the UK are supposed to follow. News of the endeavor broke in 2021, when the media caught wind of a filing with the Croatian Ministry of Transportation.

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GM and JVs Set New May Sales Mark in China

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Its most popular model remained the Wuling Sunshine minivan, which generated sales of 56,989 units. Opel, GM’s import brand from Germany, enjoyed a resurgence in demand of 214.1% Demand for its Wuling products surpassed 100,000 units for the fourth month this year.

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