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New Record Set For An EV Trip From Cape Town To Johannesburg In A Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+

March 6, 2023 admin africa, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Mercedes Benz, mercedes eqs, South Africa

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 […]

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Falck Launches Its First Electric Ambulance

March 2, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, Denmark, electric ambulances, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Mercedes Benz, mercedes-benz evito

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 […]

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13% Of New Cars Were BEVs In France In January

February 28, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, dacia, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, France, france ev sales, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, peugeot, phev, renault, renault-nissan alliance, renault-nissan-mitsubishi alliance, research, stellantis, tesla, toyota rav4, toyota rav4 prime, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

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 […]

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Luminar & Mercedes-Benz Announce Broad Deal Across Next-Generation Production Vehicle Lines

February 27, 2023 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, lidar, luminar, Mercedes Benz

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 […]

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Elon Musk’s DC Visit Stirs EV Charging Standardization Pot, Again

February 1, 2023 admin Audi, BMW, cars, center for american progress, charin, clean transport, combined charging system, daimler, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, esg, Europe, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford motor company, general motors, green economy, honda, lucid, man, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, navistar, new flyer, nikola, Nissan, policy & politics, proterra, renault, rivian, scania, stellantis, subaru, suzuki, tata motors, tesla, toyota, Twitter, usa, Volkswagen, volvo

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.

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25% Plugin Vehicle Share In France!

January 31, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, dacia, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, France, france ev sales, Hyundai, Kia, market research, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, peugeot, renault, renault-nissan alliance, renault-nissan-mitsubishi alliance, research, stellantis, tesla, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 05:30:57 +0000

Peugeot e-208 is the 2022 best seller in France!

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The Most Efficient 4-Wheel Car Ever Made — Part 2

January 26, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Mercedes Benz

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 […]

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The Most Efficient 4-Wheel Car Ever Made — Part 1

January 26, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Mercedes Benz

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 […]

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Mercedes Vision AVTR Imagines The Future Of Personal Mobility — With Video

December 28, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, concept cars, electric cars, Electric vehicles, mercedes, Mercedes Benz

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.

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15% Of New Cars Now Fully Electric In France

December 25, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, dacia, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, France, france ev sales, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, peugeot, phev, renault, renault-nissan alliance, renault-nissan-mitsubishi alliance, stellantis, tesla, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:23:42 +0000

Fully battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) continue to rise in France, with last month’s registrations ending at 20,221 units, or 15% of the total market. That means it was another two-digit growth month for BEVs in France (23% growth). The overall market has been recovering, after a long time in the red. It was up 10% year […]