@Hyundai: Hyundai Motor Group Joins IONITY For High-Power Charging Network

The era of high-speed charging for electric vehicles (EVs) is just around the corner. Here’s why we need such high-speed charging infrastructure – let’s find out through cooperation between IONITY, a high-speed charging infrastructure supplier, and Hyundai and Kia. The era of electric vehicles with long ranges and short charging time is coming – and… Continue reading @Hyundai: Hyundai Motor Group Joins IONITY For High-Power Charging Network

Sweden’s Scania to start making trucks in China after acquisition

By Johannes Hellstrom, Yilei Sun 2 Min Read STOCKHOLM/BEIJING (Reuters) – Swedish truck maker Scania, a unit under Volkswagen AG’s commercial vehicle arm Traton SE, has bought a truck company in China to start making vehicles for the first time in the world’s biggest auto market, it told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swedish… Continue reading Sweden’s Scania to start making trucks in China after acquisition

Daimler, Geely mull China as production hub for hybrid powertrains

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: The Daimler logo is seen before the carmaker’s annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Germany, April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/ FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler AG DAIGn.DE and Geely Holding on Friday said China could emerge as a manufacturing and export hub for hybrid powertrains jointly developed for Volvo… Continue reading Daimler, Geely mull China as production hub for hybrid powertrains

Daimler to double sales of Mercedes-Benz Maybach vehicles

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: The Daimler logo is seen before the carmaker’s annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Germany, April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German luxury carmaker Daimler DAIGn.DE on Thursday said it plans to double sales of its Maybach-branded Mercedes-Benz vehicles, after selling 12,000 vehicles last year. Daimler… Continue reading Daimler to double sales of Mercedes-Benz Maybach vehicles

German Handelsblatt: Car company: “Absolutely resistant to advice” – Daimler works council boss attacks board members head-on000821

Daimler site in Sindelfingen With its Chinese investor Geely, the group will build four-cylinder gasoline engines on a grand scale in the Far East instead of in Europe from 2024. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Frankfurt As the top representative of more than 170,000 employees in Germany, Daimler works council boss Michael Brecht is one of the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car company: “Absolutely resistant to advice” – Daimler works council boss attacks board members head-on000821

@Daimler: 20. Nov 2020Daimler AG, Geely Holding Group and its subsidiary brands to join forces on a highly efficient powertrain system specified […]

November 20, 2020 – Daimler AG and Geely Holding, the respective parent companies of Mercedes-Benz AG and Volvo Cars, have launched plans to collaborate on developing highly efficient powertrain systems for next-generation hybrid vehicle applications. The cooperation is expected to see the companies work together on hybrid powertrain solutions to enhance their global competitiveness and… Continue reading @Daimler: 20. Nov 2020Daimler AG, Geely Holding Group and its subsidiary brands to join forces on a highly efficient powertrain system specified […]

@Daimler: The new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class: A new definition of luxury

© 2020 Daimler AG. All rights reserved. * The figures are provided in accordance with the German regulation ‘PKW-EnVKV’ and apply to the German market only. Further information on official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO₂ emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the EU guide ‘Information on the fuel consumption,… Continue reading @Daimler: The new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class: A new definition of luxury

@Daimler: The all-electric eActros is now in the Karlsruhe region

Inapa starts practical trials of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros. 25-ton eActros supplies printers in the Karlsruhe region with paper products. Planned series production of the eActros at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth am Rhein as of 2021. Stuttgart/Karlsruhe – Another practical test of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros is starting at the company Inapa Deutschland in… Continue reading @Daimler: The all-electric eActros is now in the Karlsruhe region

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW withdraws engine production for combustion engines from Germany000813

BMW headquarters in Munich In future, the group will no longer build internal combustion engines at its headquarters. (Photo: AP) Munich The BMW Group is reorganizing its production network. The production of diesel and combustion engines is to be withdrawn from the Munich headquarters by 2024. Large engines will be relocated to the British plant… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW withdraws engine production for combustion engines from Germany000813

Tritium launches new ‘scalable’ EV charging platform

Europe is Tritium’s fastest-growing market. (Representative Image) LONDON: Electric vehicle charging station maker Tritium said on Tuesday it is launching a new “scalable” platform so its customers can expand stations to charge more cars at once or change the speed at which they provide a charge. The new charging platform will hit the market in… Continue reading Tritium launches new ‘scalable’ EV charging platform