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Daimler chairman calls for ‘universal CO2 tax’ – 코리아타임스

Daimler AG Chairman Ola Kallenius poses with the Mercedes-Benz VISION AVTR during the brand’s press conference at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Tuesday (KST). Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz By Nam Hyun-wooLAS VEGAS ― Daimler AG Chairman and CEO Ola Kallenius called for additional taxation for CO2 which is “universal across industries” as it… Continue reading Daimler chairman calls for ‘universal CO2 tax’ – 코리아타임스

Cars, all models arriving country by country

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Ionity with Abb for the second phase of expansion of the European charging station network

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Geely in talks to pump cash into Aston Martin: FT

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Price war wipes out half of China’s EV battery makers

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IndyCar Star Buys Porsche Taycan: Shares Impressions

IndyCar star and renowned petrolhead Graham Rahal recently added his first electric car to his garage, a Porsche Taycan. The six-time IndyCar race winner has quite the collection of machines, including a Ford GT, a Mercedes AMG GT R Pro, Acura NSX, several classic Ducati motorcycles, and numerous Porsches. Taking to Instagram, Rahal showed off… Continue reading IndyCar Star Buys Porsche Taycan: Shares Impressions

@Daimler: 09. Jan 2020Mercedes-Benz achieves increased unit sales for ninth consecutive year and remains number one among luxury car brands

January 09, 2020 – Mercedes-Benz achieves increased unit sales for ninth consecutive year and remains number one among luxury car brands. 2019 was the ninth consecutive record year for Mercedes-Benz, with growth of 1.3% to a total of 2,339,562 units delivered worldwide. At the same time, Mercedes-Benz maintained its leading position among the luxury car… Continue reading @Daimler: 09. Jan 2020Mercedes-Benz achieves increased unit sales for ninth consecutive year and remains number one among luxury car brands

Mercedes/BMW Ride-Hailing Group “Free Now” Buys 60 Tesla Automobiles

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by Steve Hanley

Mercedes/BMW Ride-Hailing Group “Free Now” Buys 60 Tesla Automobiles

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January 9th, 2020 by Steve Hanley

Free Now is a mobility service owned jointly by Mercedes and BMW. What we call a mobility service today used to be known as a taxi company. The difference is that a mobility service uses a smartphone app to match up taxis with riders and handle payment. (There are also now taxi apps that do that.)

Credit: Free Now via Facebook

What is called Free Now today is a conglomeration of two prior app-based ride-hailing companies –mytaxi and Hailo. According to Wikipedia, mytaxi was founded in 2009 in Germany. In 2014, it was acquired by Mercedes-Benz. Hailo began in London in 2011 and merged with mytaxi in 2016, making mytaxi the largest licensed taxi e-hailing service in Europe and the UK. In February 2019, BMW became a partner with Mercedes and the name of the company was changed to Free Now.

According to a report by Handlesblatt, Free Now has decided to expand its fleet of electric taxis in Germany and will begin by adding 60 Teslas to its inventory of cars in Hamburg, which is where Free Now has its headquarters. The news report does not specify which Tesla models will be added to the fleet, but it’s a good bet that most if not all of them will be Model 3s.

Free Now is big business. It has about 28,000 drivers throughout Europe and the UK and experienced a 20% increase in ridership in Germany last year. It grossed over €2 billion in revenues in 2019 from 300 million trips by 39 million passengers. In all, it has 1,800 employees in 35 cities.

It is laudable that the company wants to expand its electric car fleet but sad that neither Mercedes nor BMW has electric cars of their own they consider up to the task. So, the score in the electric taxi revolution stands at Tesla 60, Mercedes and BMW 0. There’s no clearer indication of who is leading the charge toward an electric car future than that.

Mercedes-Benz: own operating system

The manufacturer Mercedes-Benz wants to equip its vehicles with its own operating system: MB.OS. Like the computer, the operating system is the basis for the applications that build on it. The more software works in the car, the more important an operating system becomes. This development has been in sight for a long time and… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz: own operating system

(LEAD) Hyundai, Kia’s U.S. sales rise 4.6 pct on brisk demand for SUVs in 2019

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