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Mercedes pay+ turns the car into a payment device; Visa technology

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. With the new digital payment service Mercedes pay+, Mercedes-Benz introduces native in-car payments. Subsequently, more card systems will be added and enabled for Mercedes pay+.

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Mercedes developing solar paint for EVs

Green Car Reports

Mercedes-Benz is developing a solar coating for EVs In ideal conditions it could provide many miles of additional EV range per day Mercedes wouldn't say how the solar paint would be applied to a car Mercedes-Benz is trying to come up with any and all new ways to increase efficiency, which it believes is the new currency as it enters the EV era.

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Mercedes-Benz AMG developing standalone electric full-size SUV

Green Car Reports

A three-row electric AMG-badged Mercedes-Benz SUV is in the works The EV will ride on a new AMG.EA dedicated EV platform Prototypes are expected to start road testing this winter Mercedes-Benz's AMG performance division is working on an all-electric full-size SUV that will be distinct from anything sold by the main Mercedes brand.

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Mercedes-Benz opens battery recycling plant in Germany

Green Car Reports

To that end, Mercedes-Benz opened a battery recycling center in Germany. Located in Kuppenheim, in the southern part of the country, Mercedes claimed in a press release that the facility.

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Mercedes-Benz Gives Hints Of Future Charging Locations

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Mercedes-Benz, like a number of other manufacturers, figured out over the past few years that relying on charging companies and government to power electric vehicles wasn’t going to work out. continued] The post Mercedes-Benz Gives Hints Of Future Charging Locations appeared first on CleanTechnica. It was their job to build.

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Mercedes In-Drive moves braking system inside EV's electric motor

Green Car Reports

Mercedes In-Drive system mounts the brakes to the electric motor In-Drive is a friction-based braking system Mercedes has In-Drive in active testing, hasn't given a timeline for production Mercedes-Benz is rethinking how the braking system works, and where it's located, in upcoming EVs.

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Mercedes tech may enable EV batteries with mixed cell types

Green Car Reports

Mercedes-Benz has its eyes on solid-state batteries with its partnership with Factorial for battery cells, but the automaker's already thinking one step beyond that. In the future, Mercedes envisions mixed battery packs with different types of cells all wired in parallel rather than today's series arrangement.

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