Fuso delivers Series-production Hybrid Trucks to Europe For the First Time

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Bus Corporation has sold ten hybrid trucks to an Irish company. The Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid is the first series-production hybrid truck to be sold in Europe. The customer is Ireland’s leading utility company, the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) in Dublin. ESB plans to use the vehicles for customer service and for infrastructure maintenance in Ireland. The Irish Government has granted a special permit for the Japanese hybrid trucks. Note: There is a rating embedded wit

Smart Fortwo Electric Drive production will begin next month

Daimler will begin series production of the new Smart Fortwo Electric Drive in November at the Hambach factory in France. The announcement was made when French president Nicolas Sarkozy visited the plant.The first 1000 units will be produced starting November, with full series production scheduled to begin in 2012. Major cities across Europe and the US will soon start receiving the first vehicles for extensive testing. Dieter Zetsche, Daimler chairman, said that the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive p

BMW C1-E Concept: An electrical take at the BMW C1

Practicality has long been a hallmark of many European road vehicles for quite sometime, as evidenced by the number of smaller more urban-practical cars and scooters that have been on their roads. BMW has taken this staple of European automotive life and expanded upon it to derive their new C1-E Concept, which could best be described as moor ethan a scooter, yet less than a car. Based on BMW’s C1 scooter, originally offered in Europe nearly a decade ago, the Munich automaker developed the C1

Four First Places for Daimler in Europe’s Largest Public Survey

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Stuttgart, Germany, Oct 02, 2009 – The Stuttgart-based automobile manufacturer Daimler AG has won four first places in the Europe-wide survey to decide the 2009 Internet Auto Awards. The Mercedes-Benz B-Class was voted Europe's most popular van, for which it received the Carolina Trophy. The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG took first place in the online vote for the most popular new product at this year's Frankfurt International Motor Show. The editors of AutoScout24 declare

FOUR FIRST PLACES FOR DAIMLER IN EUROPE’S LARGEST PUBLIC SURVEY

Posted 2nd October, 2009 in Mercedes-Benz | Leave a comment3Digg meStuttgart – The Stuttgart-based automobile manufacturer Daimler AG has won four first places in the Europe-wide survey to decide the 2009 Internet Auto Awards. The Mercedes-Benz B-Class was voted Europe’s most popular van, for which it received the “Carolina” Trophy. The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG took first place in the online vote for the most popular new product at this year’s Frankfurt International Motor Show. The editors of

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