Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has upgraded its popular Vito mid-size van, including the electric eVito Tourer version ( earlier post ). The Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer comes standard with a water-cooled on-board charger with alternating current with an output of 11 kW. Taxi companies benefit from features such as the diverse seat configurations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Wensink Automotive, fleet operator Willemsen-de Koning and Mercedes-Benz Vans have signed a contract for the delivery of 80 eVito Tourer vans (electricity consumption combined: 24.2 – 20.2 kWh/100 km; CO 2 -emissions combined: 0 g/km) vehicles. The fully electric fleet is used for group transports in Utrecht and Rotterdam.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2014

The Mayor confirmed his plan at Transport for London’s (TfL’s) “New Taxis for London” event, at which he met five manufacturers developing zero emission capable taxis—Frazer-Nash, Nissan, Karsan, London Taxi Company and Mercedes-Benz. —Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

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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. The Zytek taxi reached the Pall Mall finish in central London after around 4 hours, including scheduled stops.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A new car-sharing platform from Mercedes-Benz will go online at the start of December. The acronym CASE is the name given to the specific area of strategy at Mercedes‑Benz Cars that focuses on the future-oriented issues of “connectivity”, “ autonomous driving”, “sharing” and “electric drive systems”. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

By gaining a foothold in the ePayment business, Daimler AG will be launching its own electronic payment services provider under the “Mercedes pay” brand name. Mercedes pay is a fundamental component of our mobility and digitization strategy. The parties agreed not to disclose the details of the acquisition.

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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.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 3, 2022

Scroll down below to see a plethora of positive electric car stories Electric Car News Mercedes-Benz USA announces pricing for new all-electric AMG EQS sedan Bosch battery services […]. Hopefully it will slow down more unhappy global changes, like the Conger Ice Shelf collapsing in Antarctica.

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The past few days have included news of electric cement mixers, electric heavy-duty trucks, and various new or updated electric car models. Scroll down below, enjoy the fun stories, and let us know if there are any cool ones that we missed. Electric Car News Series production of the ENYAQ Coupé iV has started at […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2023

General Motors’ (GM) self-driving taxi unit, Cruise, has “recalled” its fleet of vehicles following a viral crash with a bus earlier this week. For GM, that comes in the form of its level 3 autonomous taxis serving the San Francisco area under the brand name Cruise. What do you think of the article?

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

With zero road emissions, travelling by taxi in the nation’s capital could soon get an environmentally friendly spin. 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.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. Mercedes-Benz, Audible and Amazon Music will soon be able to use Dolby Atmos to immerse themselves in audio storytelling in addition to music. The largest will be PV7, midsize PV5 and the smallest, and I apologize, the cutest, PV1.

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EV Obssesion

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For more than a year now, the eVito Tourer has proven itself to be a specialist in locally emission-free commercial passenger transport tasks and in doing so has demonstrated its suitability for daily operations with battery electric vans from Mercedes-Benz – be that as a hotel shuttle vehicle, a high-capacity taxi or a vehicle for […].

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Teslarati

MARCH 2, 2023

Ford’s previous venture, working with Volkswagen Group, much like GM’s Cruise subsidiary, was focused on creating a LiDAR/AI-based autonomous taxi service that could serve customers in America’s largest cities. However, that initial project failed, with the American automaker selling off its share late last year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2018

With car2go, moovel, mytaxi/Intelligent Apps (mytaxi, beat, Clever Taxi and Chauffeur Privé), the mobility portfolio in the segment of Daimler Financial Services counted 24.4 million customers as of July 30, 2018. This represents an increase of 64% (compared to the previous year). The number of transactions reached 95.3 car2go had 3.3

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

February 2011 marks the 75 th anniversary of the introduction of the first series-production diesel-powered passenger car by Mercedes-Benz. Taxi-drivers in particular immediately opted for this car, Mercedes-Benz said, which was available in a Pullman version with six seats right from the start. The 260 D was powered by a 2.6-liter

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

Though it did not directly name Tesla, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, and others, the company said "There may be many industries and businesses that invest a lot of money on this tech, and after investing for many years, it will prove it leads nowhere.” & [Image: Robert Way via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Teslarati

JULY 28, 2022

Ford has successfully hired employees from Ford, Tesla, Rivian, Waymo, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and others. Eric Rogers, who was the company’s Chief Engineer for Radar Systems, was hired by Joby Aviation, an air taxi startup. The company is reportedly heading toward introducing an all-electric, self-driving car by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

With its modular seating there is still plenty of room for luggage or tools, and as the only 100% electric seven-seater van available in Europe, it presents a solution for taxi and chauffeur businesses.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Mercedes exports the Smart brand from China to European markets, including Germany. Stellantis invested $1.7 billion in Leapmotor last year to build vehicles for export. Volkswagen, Renault and BMW export “huge numbers” of made-in-China EVs to Europe. Hyundai and Kia will soon begin selling made-in-China cars in Korea and other markets.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

Sweden has long been the envy of Europe in terms of its environmental reputation and now its taxi fleets are getting in on the act. The Taxi Stockholm firm has stepped up its natural gas taxi fleet by ordering 350 natural gas vehicles which will be fuelled by bio-methane - and it is expected that more will follow.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2016

Kreisel Electric has applied its battery technology in a number of conversions, including a Porsche Panamera with a total electric (operating) range of 450 kilometers (280 miles) without speed reduction (up to 300 km/h / 186 mph), a Skoda Yeti and a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Kreisel has also swapped out VW’s 24.2 from 120 to 267 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

Oerlikon Graziano is highlighting its and Vocis Driveline Control’s (in which Oerlikon Graziano holds a majority share) development of the gearbox for the battery electric e-Vito Taxi ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The cooperation comprises five joint ventures: REACH NOW for multimodal services; CHARGE NOW for charging; FREE NOW for taxi ride-hailing; PARK NOW for parking; and SHARE NOW for car-sharing. —Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

count as Level 2, with only Mercedes offering a Level 3 system in the US. If you want to read more about it, you can read our long writeup of the drive here: We tested Waymo’s driverless taxi in LA in the perfect chaos of Venice Beach. Autopilot, Super Cruise, etc.) FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The app analyzes the offerings of transportation services such as the railroad, bike rental, taxis and car sharing to find the best way to travel and offers users different suggested routes depending on their preference of speed, cost or comfort. car2go is available in 26 cities in Europe and North America and has more than 800,000 customers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

Daimler recently launched the smart fortwo electric drive and this year will introduce two Mercedes-Benz electric cars: the B-Class F-CELL with fuel cell technology as well as the battery electric A-Class E-CELL. The business license for the new joint venture is subject to relevant government approval. Earlier post.).

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Hyundai, Mahindra, Chevrolet, BMW, and Renault are among the companies producing revolutionary electric automobiles today. “ Electric vehicles are the future,” You hear it often and we proclaim it all the time. Do we, however, have any knowledge of the history of electric vehicles?

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

But if you put obstacles in the way that are legally or financially so massive that nobody will introduce the technology, that’s not a good thing,” Harald Kroeger, President – Automotive Business, SiMa.ai, and ex-Mercedes Benz, Bosch, Tesla, Rivian.

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Qnovo

MARCH 2, 2021

Hella built the BMS hardware for Mercedes, and LG built the BMS for GM) but kept control over the software. Fleet operators, such as electric taxis, are asking for bold battery targets, for example, extended warranties reaching 500,000 miles, raising the bar even higher. We now see evidence that the supply chain is changing rapidly.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Today, some 250 companies are working toward what they hope will be a revolution in urban transportation.

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Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Tata Tigor EV is the cheapest while the Mercedes-Benz EQC is the most costly. The two-wheeler and three-wheeler segments, followed by E-buses and passenger taxis, are expected to lead the adoption curve. But now things have started to change. On the premium segment, we have Jaguar I-Pace, Mahindra eKUV100, and Porsche Taycan.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

For example, the new IDTechEx report, “Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021” forecasts more than 91,000 hybrid electric buses being made in 2021. Daimler AG subsidiary Mercedes Benz in Germany will soon put on sale the world’s first electric car with a fuel cell range extender.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. The current iteration of the company features a variety of electric and ICE Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Mini and other brands of cars.

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Charged EVs

JULY 19, 2023

Automotive history fans may see a bit of Infiniti J30 or Mercedes-Benz CLS in its lines, though Hyundai claims the obscure Stout Scarab as a design influence. Still, outside of taxi and Uber duty, most mid-size sedans we see on the road have precisely one person in them, so perhaps rear-seat accommodations simply aren’t that important.

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