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smart electric drive to go on sale in early 2010

Monday, June 22, 2009

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I am not quite sure why Daimler felt it was necessary to announce that the smart electric drive will be going to production, if they have already had done this in January. Nevertheless, the smart electric drive is officially a go - again. Daimler has confirmed that it is “ready for small series production”. If [...]

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Mercedes-Benz working on a SLK Gullwing?

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Is Mercedes-Benz prepping a new low-end Gullwing? Well according to AutoExpress, Mercedes has plans to bring a new SLK Gullwing to the masses, which may look very similar to its bigger brother, the SLC Gullwing. Besides having some amazing gullwing doors, and draw inspiration from the legendary 300SL, it is also supposed to be hybrid. [...]

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smart fortwo planning Electric Drive vehicle for US market

Monday, January 12, 2009

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The next generation prototype of the smart fortwo electric drive is being presented in the US for the first time during the NAIAS Autoshow. At the End of 2009, smart will start the production of the smart fortwo electric drive with a lithium-ion battery. The company is exploring opportunities for the United States market. The [...]

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Video of Mercedes-Benz BlueZero Eectric Concept Vehicles

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Mercedes-Benz is showing the way ahead in environmentally responsible electromobility by presenting its near-series Concept BlueZERO at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Based on a single vehicle architecture, this intelligent, modular concept allows three models with different drive configurations, all of which are able to meet customer requirements in terms of sustainable [...]

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Evonik and Daimler establish alliance to build lithium-ion batteries

Monday, December 15, 2008

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Evonik Industries AG, Essen and Daimler AG, Stuttgart are developing the energy storage of the future. Based on lithium-ion technology from Evonik and with Daimler expertise, both groups will drive forward the research, development and production of battery cells and battery systems in Germany. In the near future, Li-Tec cells will appear in electric vehicles [...]

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Paris Auto Show 2008: smart celebrates 10 years with electric model

Thursday, October 2, 2008

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At the Paris Motor Show 2008 smart is presenting the latest generation smart fortwo with electric drive to an international audience for the first time. In future, the advantages of the smart fortwo electric drive, which produces no local emissions, will be demonstrated in everyday service in the project “e-mobility Berlin” which Daimler AG presented [...]

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