100% Electric Vehicles Now Equal 16% Of New Car Sales In France
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:29:59 +0000
1 in 4 new passenger vehicles in France had a plug in February.
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New Record Set For An EV Trip From Cape Town To Johannesburg In A Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:45:09 +0000
Motoring journalist Justus Visagie and co-driver Michael MacIntyre drove from Cape Town to Johannesburg in a Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+ sedan in 19 hours and 6 seconds. This is a new record for an electric car trip between the two famous South African cities. Netstar, a provider of advanced vehicle and fleet tracking, as well as […]
Falck Launches Its First Electric Ambulance
Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:15:44 +0000
A decade ago in 2013 I experienced an electric Mercedes-Benz Vito meant for the Danish postal system. A limited test fleet was deployed, but after the test period, the project was terminated. In 2019 the Danish branch of rescue service Falck converted a Tesla Model X into a first responder vehicle. Now it looks as […]
13% Of New Cars Were BEVs In France In January
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 07:05:00 +0000
With the overall auto market now in recovery mode (+9% YoY) — yet still 17% below January 2020, the last normal month — the French plugin passenger car market hit the accelerator. This was all thanks to pure electrics (BEVs) jumping 43%, to 14,649 registrations, or 13% share. Surprisingly, despite losing access to subsidies on […]
Luminar & Mercedes-Benz Announce Broad Deal Across Next-Generation Production Vehicle Lines
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:35:56 +0000
Luminar is a global automotive technology company helping to usher in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. Luminar says that for the past decade, it has built an advanced hardware and software platform to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles for its more than 50 industry partners. These include some […]
Elon Musk’s DC Visit Stirs EV Charging Standardization Pot, Again
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:27:16 +0000
With EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.
25% Plugin Vehicle Share In France!
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 05:30:57 +0000
Peugeot e-208 is the 2022 best seller in France!
The Most Efficient 4-Wheel Car Ever Made — Part 2
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:40:41 +0000
Another thing Mercedes did to make the vehicle more efficient was to limit the frontal area. The EQX has a frontal area of 2.12 square meters. This puts its frontal area below that of the Toyota Prius or Tesla Model 3, which are around 2.2 square meters. Weight Reduction & Cooling According to Mercedes, the […]
The Most Efficient 4-Wheel Car Ever Made — Part 1
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:00:07 +0000
A recent video at the Engineering Explained YouTube channel tells us about a vehicle that just might give Tesla and the other EV manufacturers a serious run for their money. Is it the fastest EV ever built? No. But, its efficiency is extremely impressive. The car is the Mercedes-Benz EQXX, and according to our engineer […]
Mercedes Vision AVTR Imagines The Future Of Personal Mobility — With Video
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 22:26:22 +0000
The Mercedes Vision AVTR pushes the boundaries of electric mobility to their limits — and maybe a little bit beyond.