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0Rumormill: Mercedes accidentally reveals S-Class plug-in hybrid on the way 1364237160
Putting a bank of batteries into the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is not a new idea – the S500 Vision Plug-in Hybrid concept was unveiled in Frankfurt in 2009, after all – but actually adding a cord to a production version sure is – at least in public. We don't know how long Daimler ...
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Report: Hubject wants to expand EV-charging payment system across Europe 1354538700
Hubject, the collaboration between a half-dozen German companies that earlier this year proposed a standardized electric-vehicle charging payment infrastructure for Germany, is now thinking even bigger. BMW, Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler, Bosch and the other companies in the collective are looking ...
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Official: Mercedes gives details on B 200 Natural Gas Drive 1347062460
Ooh la la! That's the response Mercedes-Benz is shooting for when it unveils its natural-gas powered B 200 vehicle at the Paris Motor Show later this month. Mercedes is pitching a five-seater that will cost half as much to refuel as its gas-powered equivalent while emitting 16 percent less ...
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Official: Amp opens first dealership in Cincinnati 1337459340
Amp, the Ohio-based maker of battery-electric SUVs, has opened its first dealership in Cincinnati and said first deliveries would start by year end. Amp of Cincinnati opened last week and showed off both its Jeep Grand Cherokee- and Mercedes-Benz ML350-based battery-electric vehicles. The ...
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Report: Daimler buys 15% stake in MyTaxi cab-hailing application publisher 1327950300
Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG has acquired a 15-percent stake in smartphone application publisher MyTaxi, marking the German automaker's continued willingness to invest in transportation-related businesses that don't actually focus on selling vehicles to customers. Bloomberg News reported that ...
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Report: Mercedes will sell extended-range B-Class in U.S. 1326927660
Mercedes-Benz plans on selling the B-Class extended-range plug-in vehicle that it premiered last September at the Frankfurt International Motor Show in the U.S., Automotive News reports, citing an interview with Joachim Schmidt, head of the German automaker's sales and marketing division. A ...
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Report: Pope reps talk to Mercedes about more fuel-efficient Popemobile 1326243840
Representatives for Pope Benedict XVI continue to talk to Mercedes-Benz about making a custom-made vehicle that could use a hybrid or battery-electric powertrain to make what's commonly known as the Popemobile more fuel efficient, The Detroit Bureau reports. The German automaker is faced ...
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Mercedes-Benz pulls fuel cell vehicle launch forward to 2014 1308754560
On Tuesday morning, during a media roundtable discussion in New York, Dr. Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of management of Daimler and head of Mercedes-Benz, unloaded details on the automaker's upcoming, mass-produced fuel cell vehicle. According to Inside Line, Zetsche told reporters ...
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Mercedes-Benz focuses on escaping dreaded gas guzzler tax 1307037660
For model-year 2012, Mercedes-Benz will have at least two fewer vehicles on the "gas-guzzler" tax list published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This will continue a positive trend for the company, as, in 2011, 12 M-B models are subject to ...
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Mercedes-Benz will produce next-gen fuel cell stacks in Canada 1300917180
Just days ago, Mercedes-Benz announced plans to construct its own fuel cell production plant in the Vancouver, British Columbia area of Canada to manufacture next-generation fuel cell stacks for M-B's hydrogen-fed vehicles. Construction is set to commence immediately on the 2,000-square-meter ...

