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Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul will premiere as series-production eActros 600 in October

Green Car Congress

Since the first appearance of the electric truck as a concept prototype at the IAA Transportation 2022, further test vehicles have been built at the Mercedes-Benz plant Wörth, with central components coming from the Mercedes-Benz plants Mannheim, Kassel and Gaggenau.

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Volt for Real?

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F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. The Volt is the plug-in hybrid car GM showed at last January’s Detroit Auto Show.

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The Tesla of vans? Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles

EV Central

That explains why the first three vans will all benefit from an advanced 800-volt electrical architecture and will be capable of being of being DC fast charged at levels previously only reserved for the most expensive battery-powered passenger cars.

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Quick drive of the Passat HyMotion hydrogen fuel cell hybrid

Green Car Congress

The fleet of Passat HyMotion vehicles is currently being tested on the streets of California. The 100 kW fuel cell system (also applied in the A7) has a system power of 100 kW. The concept car has high-voltage 1.1 The fuel cell and battery power an electric motor adapted from the e-Golf.

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Electric RV packs range extender: Future 500-mile PHEV Airstream?

Baua Electric

And since the Harbinger chassis is designed for the daily fleet rigors of commercial vehicles, Harris points out that customers will get higher levels of durability than RVs are typically engineered for. It’s likely the Thor application will get that top battery size or close to it, amounting to a total battery weight of around 2,300 pounds.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Ignoring the briefly popular commercial electrics around at the turn of the last century, EVs have been experimental concepts or limited edition runs until relatively recently.

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VW Jumps on the Bandwagon

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During a presentation of Volkswagen's new electric car program entitled "Fleet Test: Electric Drive Vehicles," Winterkorn explained that TwinDrive can power a vehicle solely on electricity for up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) and can be plugged into to existing power outlets for recharging.

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