Apr 12, 2023 - 01:46 pm
Mercedes significantly raises electric car sales
Mercedes-Benz was able to increase sales of its electric vehicles in the first quarter. Sales of battery-electric passenger cars almost doubled to 51,600 units (+89 per cent), while van sales rose by 22 per cent.
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Dec 7, 2022 - 12:59 pm
Mercedes has opened their first EV showroom in Japan
Mercedes-Benz has opened its first dealership worldwide exclusively for electric cars – in Japan. It was built in Yokohama and offers 1,221 square metres of space for the presentation of up to seven electric cars as well as an area for vehicle handovers and three CHAdeMO chargers.
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Oct 28, 2021 - 01:00 pm
Daimler to use LFP cells from 2024
Mercedes-Benz will switch to cheaper but less powerful batteries for electric models in the lower price segment in the future in order to counteract increasing costs for some battery metals. This step was specifically announced for two models.
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May 5, 2021 - 10:30 am
Mercedes announces two AWD versions of the EQA
Mercedes-Benz now offers two additional versions of its EQA compact electric vehicle. Following the front-wheel-drive EQA 250 with 140 kW, which has been available for order since February, two all-wheel-drive variants can now also be ordered.
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Feb 11, 2021 - 10:17 am
Mercedes assails EV buyers with ICE comparisons
A few days ago, Mercedes-Benz opened the order books for its EQA compact electric car. The German company is finally getting serious about e-mobility and bringing their electric cars to the masses, one would think. Or are they?
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Feb 9, 2021 - 03:20 pm
Mercedes plans AMG variants for 4 e-models
Mercedes-AMG is apparently planning performance variants of the electric models EQA, EQB, EQS and EQE. Neither the performance data nor has the schedule for the market launch has been revealed.
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Feb 4, 2021 - 01:50 pm
Mercedes EQA now available to order in Europe
Mercedes is opening the order books for its EQA compact electric vehicle, which they unveiled two weeks ago. The first models will arrive at dealers in the spring. So far we know list prices in Germany for the EQA 250 with 140 kW battery.
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Jan 20, 2021 - 12:28 pm
Mercedes-Benz reveals the all-electric EQA
Mercedes-Benz Cars just presented the EQA, an all-electric compact e-SUV. Further variants are to follow the 140 kW EQ electric car now revealed. The EQA 250 will be available for order in Germany from February at prices starting at 47,540 euros.
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Jan 19, 2021 - 12:06 pm
Mercedes EQA rumoured to launch in March
Mercedes-Benz is planning a tight schedule for the market launch of the electric models EQA and EQS, according to a media report. While the electric compact car is to be delivered as early as March, August is reportedly scheduled for the first handover to customers for the electric flagship vehicle.
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Dec 14, 2020 - 12:55 pm
Mercedes reveals production locations for EQ ramp up
Mercedes-Benz is now providing a comprehensive overview of the production sites for its electric offensive for the EQ brand. Production of the EQA at the Rastatt plant in Germany among others has already started ahead of the model’s world premiere on 20 January 2021.
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Oct 6, 2020 - 07:43 pm
Mercedes-Benz plans two more electric SUVs
Mercedes currently offers two battery-electric models with the EQC and EQV. The big breakthrough is to follow in 2021 with the premiere of a new electric architecture for premium electric models starting with the EQS. Daimler now confirmed two more e-SUV models on the new platform.
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Jul 5, 2020 - 03:06 pm
Daimler in talks to sell French Hambach plant
Daimler plans to sell its plant in Hambach, France, where they build the Smart electric vehicles. In 2018, Daimler had announced that the factory would also make a compact model of the electric car brand EQ, presumably the EQB.
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Dec 12, 2019 - 01:32 pm
Mercedes offers a glimpse of the EQA
As part of the world premiere of the new GLA, Mercedes also provided an outlook on the EQA, the second electric model of the EQ sub-brand after the EQC, planned for next year. Accordingly, the EQA will be visually strongly oriented towards the new GLA.
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Mar 13, 2018 - 02:04 pm
Mercedes trademarks further EQ designations
Mercedes has filed for multiple trademarks for its EQ line in Canada. A range of EQA and EQB names with numbers have been reserved, hinting at possible power levels such as EQA 200 or EQB 360 among others.
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