Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Alongside the A-Class, the G-Class and the new four-door Mercedes-AMG GT Coupé, Mercedes-Benz will hold the world premiere of the new facelifted C-Class Saloon and Estate models featuring new gasoline and diesel engines, and plug-in hybrid versions. The facelifted 2019 Mercedes-Benz C-Class will go on sale in the US by late 2018.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Mercedes-Benz marked another milestone in its China strategy with the official opening ceremony of its engine plant—the first for passenger-car engines outside of Germany. In the past decade, BBAC has grown to become a main production hub for Mercedes-Benz. With Daimler’s €2-billion (US$2.7-billion)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

Mercedes-Benz is reorganizing its SUV production and will expand production capacities in the USA. The US contract manufacturer AM General will join the production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars, producing the R-Class in South Bend, Indiana, in the future. 2015 will be the year of the SUV for Mercedes-Benz.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Mercedes-Benz is realigning its global passenger cars manufacturing activities and is strengthening its German passenger cars locations with investments worth billions of euros. “ Through 2020, Mercedes-Benz will introduce and additional 12 models which do not have a predecessor. Mercedes-Benz sales top one million mark in August.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2018

This autumn, AKASOL will begin serial production of the first-generation battery system AKASYSTEM OEM for the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric bus. Buses using AKASOL’s battery technology are in daily operation in London, Berlin, Cologne and Braunschweig, among others.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2017

Today, we have a total of what the diesel scandal has cost VW, more details on Chevy Bolt EV fast-charging rates, an update on London's stiff charges for older, more polluting cars, and a moral question to ponder. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Hong Kong closed a tax loophole, one that benefited Tesla buyers more than anyone else.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 30, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Infiniti''s electric car is once again given the green light, we drive the Mercedes-Benz CLA, and a new form of lithium anode has been developed--for potentially better batteries. The city of London has decided to charge diesel drivers and drivers of older gasoline vehicles more to.'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

CATL will supply lithium-ion battery cell modules for a wide range of Daimler Trucks & Buses’ global electric truck portfolio to be introduced in markets from 2021 onwards, including the Mercedes-Benz eActros, the Freightliner eCascadia and the Freightliner eM2. The development of the battery systems lies with Daimler Trucks & Buses.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC has launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, which has been developed by a consortium of companies including Zytek Automotive, Penso and Mercedes Benz UK. Known as the eVito taxi, it is [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 26, 2012

It’s good to be a London taxi driver – or at least it will be in April, when Mercedes-Benz starts offering a £1,500 discount on its Vito Euro 5 taxi (pictured). There is a catch however – as anyone who wants the discount will have to carry Mercedes-Benz advertising for the next 18months. The move [.].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Overall winner of the second annual Brighton to London RAC (Royal Automotive Club) Future Car Challenge on 5 November was former Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray and his T.27 27 electric vehicle. Earlier post.). More than 65 low-emission vehicles —some not seen on UK roads before— completed the Challenge.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The very small Smart cars have apparently lost a very large amount of money for Mercedes-Benz. A new report from London''s Bernstein Research names the Smart the biggest European money-loser of all time, according to the Detroit News. Smart has reportedly lost a total of $4.6 billion over its lifetime, or about $6,100 per car.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

Zytek Automotive has been developing the KERS electric motor and power electronics used by the Vodafone McLarnen-Mercedes F1 team in their recent win in the Hungarian Grand Prix ( earlier post )—the first victory for a KERS-equipped car—in close technical partnership with Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks is taking the next step in its electrification of trucks with the battery-electric low-floor heavy-duty truck Mercedes-Benz eEconic. Natural gas version of the Mercedes-Benz Econic (Econic NGT) being put through its paces by AWS Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart. This makes exiting the cab safe and helps to avoid accidents.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Zytek won the award for Most Economical & Environmentally Friendly Multi-Purpose electric vehicle with a 7-seat electric Mercedes Vito taxi ( earlier post ) in the first RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge. Its electric Mercedes Vito seven-seat taxi finished the 57-mile run with around 30% of its battery capacity to spare.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Nissan and Daimler broke ground on the US$1-billion Aguascalientes, Mexico, plant in 2015, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti as of 2017 and for Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018. In 2015, Daimler and Nissan announced the joint development of the first Mercedes-Benz pickup truck.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Rivian hired former Mercedes-Benz exec Arnehelm Mittelbach in November as its first plant manager for its new Georgia facility, where R2 will be built. Mittelbach brings over 20 years of experience from Mercedes, serving as plant manager in East London and South Africa.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Independent fuel consumption tests have also shown that Mercedes-Benz trucks are a benchmark for fuel consumption. Two years before the due date, the Mercedes-Benz Actros was able to meet the Euro VI emission standard which will come into force on 1 January 2014. This figure is to decrease by 2016 to 125 g/km.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2023

Headquartered in the City of London, Brand Finance is an independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy, and it has helped clients quantify the financial value of their respective brands since 1996. As per the firm’s most recent rankings, Tesla is currently ranked 9th among the World’s Top 25 Most Valuable Brands.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2020

The new European regional dataset includes image annotations captured in London (England); Paris (France); Madrid, Toledo, Granada and Malaga (Spain). It contains a total of 3,895 annotated thermal images with 3,472 images sampled from short videos and images from a continuous 14-second video.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Today, we've got clever new ads that highlight how electric cars should be sold, an Uber ban on diesels in London, a sales goal for the 2018 Nissan Leaf, and more about next week's Frankfurt auto show. Mercedes-Benz released another teaser image of the EQ A compact electric concept they'll debut at next.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. More than 140 eCanter are already in customer service in cities worldwide, including New York City, Tokyo, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid. Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL hybrid buses ( earlier post ) will be entering service next year in the CHIC (Clean Hydrogen in European Cities) project, which got underway in Cologne, Germany on 4 November. The vehicles will go into service in Aarau, Bolzano, Milan, London and Oslo.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Tuesday in London. Stroll, 64, tapped Felisa to be CEO in May 2022, replacing former Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers, who spent less than two years in the job. An Aston Martin spokesperson declined to comment. The company’s shares dropped as much as 4 [percent] as of 12:25 p.m. The stock has slumped 54 [percent] since the end of July.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

The Canter Eco Hybrid has been participating in Europe’s biggest fleet test for hybrid trucks since August 2008, when a total of ten hybrid models were handed over to eight customers in London for use in normal business operations. The three-year test is designed not only to provide new insights into the use of the 7.5-ton

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

Acceleration of its efforts in fuel conservation through the purchase of vehicles with right-sized engines such as the Sprinter vans manufactured by Mercedes-Benz. Additional all-electric trucks are being prepared for deployment in Asia and Europe, where FedEx Express currently operates all-electric trucks in London and Paris.

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Baua Electric

JULY 24, 2023

LONDON – Jaguar Land Rover sees the U.S. JLR is overhauling Jaguar through decreasing its type length and pushing the logo upper upmarket to compete with Bentley and Porsche rather of Mercedes-Benz and BMW. marketplace was once central to the good fortune of Jaguar within the Nineties.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2009

Daimler has had 100 smart electric cars undergoing large-scale trials in London since 2007. This year Daimler is also starting small-series production of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class with a fuel cell drive system. In 2010 the company will introduce its first battery-powered Mercedes-Benz. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Each of the six vehicle manufacturers—Jaguar/Land Rover, Mitsubishi/Colt, Mercedes Benz/Smart, Tata Motors, LTI and Microcab Industries—are contributing vehicles towards the low carbon scheme, which includes a mix of fully electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell cars. London South East Bid. EEMS Accelerate.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Vans is entering the ride-sharing sector by setting up a joint venture with the US startup company Via. Together, Mercedes-Benz Vans and Via aim to introduce on-demand shared rides in Europe. London will be the first city to launch the new joint service this year. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The venue is near the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Bosch, and Mahle. 5) MOVE (June 21-22, 2023, Excel, London) MOVE is an exciting sustainability event created to promote and develop sustainable urban transport. 2) The Battery Show (23-25 May, Stuttgart, Germany) The event will take place over two days.

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EV Central

JULY 25, 2022

Road tripping in the Mercedes-Benz EQS53 AMG. READ MORE: ICE out as Mercedes-Benz plans all-electric range by 2030 READ MORE: The end of range anxiety… Mercedes-Ben Vision EQXX to deliver 1200km range. Mercedes-Benz EQS53 AMG charging at the Goulburn 350kW charger. Mercedes-Benz EQS53 AMG. Near the North Pole.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars made the announcement on the occasion of an official visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the plant. The smart brand began testing electric drive systems in 2007 in London with 100 first-generation smart fortwo electric drives.

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2009

The German carmaker, which owns brands including Mercedes Benz, already collaborates with Telsa over an electric version of their smart car model. So far, 100 smart electric cars have already been undergoing large-scale trials in London since 2007. In 2010 the company will introduce its first battery-powered Mercedes-Benz.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 9, 2009

A convoy of green cars set off from London yesterday to head to Copenhagen in a bid to demonstrate alternatives to flying.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

A prototype electric version of the Mercedes Vito Taxi designed and built in six months by a consortium of British technology companies—Zytek, Valence Technology, Penso and Mercedes-Benz UK ( earlier post )—is ready for trials. By lowering the centre of gravity, the low mounting point also improves vehicle stability and ride quality.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 14, 2022

Low emission zones are where the real savings are to be had though – especially for businesses operating within the ULEZ in London, as the daily £12.50 Changing the daily cost of driving an LCV into London from £22.50 Of course, the Mercedes EQC AMG Line is right this way. ULEZ charge can really add up. Premium SUV, sir?

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