b-class

Reports of Mercedes-Benz and Tesla building an electric A-Class together are nothing new. In fact, a fleet of 500 A-Class-based E-Cells was built for Europe. Most recently, a Tesla earnings report revealed that Tesla was still working on an all-electric powertrain for an unnamed EV for Daimler, ...

Think Denza, as in Tony, but with an e. Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG and China-based BYD will name the battery-electric vehicle brand they're building together Denza. Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co. Ltd. (BDNT) will show a concept Denza EV at the Auto China 2012 trade show in Beijing ...

Whether its WiFi vs. ethernet or cell phones vs. land lines, it's pretty clear that wireless technology is more appealing to people than wired ones. The same will some day be true of plug-in cars, since companies like Rolls-Royce and Toyota, Nissan and Volvo are all trying to get energy from the ...

At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its first-ever range-extended electric vehicle: the Concept B-Class E-Cell Plus. Equipped with a lithium-ion battery pack from Deutsche ACCUmotive (a joint venture between Daimler and Evonik), the E-Cell Plus boasts a battery-only ...

Back on January 29th of 1886, Karl Benz filed the patent for his "vehicle with gas-engine drive." It's an important date in the history of the automobile, and Daimler is looking back ...

Last Saturday, Nissan delivered the first Leaf to a lucky gent by the name of Olivier Chalouhi in San Francisco, CA. Then, on Wednesday, Chevrolet handed over the keys of the first Volt to Jeffrey Kaffee, a retired airline pilot who resides in Parsippany, NJ. Well, it turns out that Mercedes-Benz ...

Mercedes-Benz has been developing and testing fuel-cell vehicles for more than a decade and will begin leasing its pricey B-Class F-Cell to a limited group of Californians this fall, but the automaker's alternative powertrain focus is not limited to hydrogen alone. ...

Almost since the day that Mercedes-Benz introduced the A-class and then B-class models over a decade ago, the company has been hemming and hawing about whether to offer the cars in the U.S. market. A combination of factors – e.g., unfavorable exchange rates, limited American demand for ...

Here in the United States, Mercedes-Benz's product portfolio starts off with the C-Class sedan. Those familiar with the alphabet may realize that there are at least two available letters before 'C' that would theoretically ...

If there's one under-the-radar trend that is slowly bubbling to the top of the green car space, it's the intentional blending (by some) of hydrogen- and battery-powered vehicles under the electric drive moniker. Maybe this ...