Daimler/Mercedes Archives – The Green Optimistic https://www.greenoptimistic.com/category/transportation/electric-vehicles/daimler-mercedes/ green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 06:49:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Mercedes’ EQ C Electric SUV – First Photos https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mercedes-eq-c-electric-suv-first-photos-20180814/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mercedes-eq-c-electric-suv-first-photos-20180814/#respond Wed, 15 Aug 2018 06:47:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66890 Mercedes-Benz has been working hard in the last years on its electric vehicles. A lot of attention was focused on its upcoming EQ C electric SUV. However, until now we had very limited information about it: only heavily covered prototypes and a concept. This model was finally caught by a photographer. It was with the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mercedes-eq-c-electric-suv-first-photos-20180814/feed/ 0 66890 Daimler Prepares Its Transition to Electric Cars https://www.greenoptimistic.com/daimler-transition-electric-cars-20180726/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/daimler-transition-electric-cars-20180726/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 05:11:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66457 Daimler AG on Wednesday said it will add battery manufacturing capabilities to its German Mercedes-Benz plants in Sindelfingen and Untertuerkheim. This can possibly mean that the manufacturer is planning a major transition from combustion to electric cars. The carmaker previously has announced a 1.5 billion euro ($1.75 billion) transformation plan to allow Mercedes-Benz plants to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mercedes-eqc-electric-suv-testing/feed/ 0 65546 Daimler Electrifies US School Buses https://www.greenoptimistic.com/daimler-electric-school-buses-20171117/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/daimler-electric-school-buses-20171117/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:34:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64744 Electrifying vehicles, one of the actions to reduce greenhouse gases, is globally being embraced by major markets as this technology allows zero emission. Vehicles that depend most heavily on diesel, such as garbage trucks, delivery trucks, and freight trucks are the main target for this electrification. School buses have routes that are relatively shorter than […]

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