Mercedes-Benz USA announced pricing for the 2017 smart fortwo Cabrio. Arriving in U.S. dealers this fall, the smart fortwo cabrio will start at just $18,900, launching as the most affordable convertible on the market. A twinamic ...
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car2go, a car-sharing service and a subsidiary of Daimler Group announced that it will start its operations in Brussels, Belgium from October 2016. The world's largest free-floating car-sharer starts up business with 300 vehicles in an ...
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Smart is the world’s first automobile manufacturer to combine an online store for new cars with a virtual showroom. As of now, customers in Italy can explore a smart at www.smartforstore.it and also buy one online, 24 hours a day. ...
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BASF is presenting numerous new solutions for the packaging and furniture industry, automotive and electrical engineering at this year’s Fakuma, the international trade fair for plastics processing, in Friedrichshafen. From October ...
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With the polyurethane foam system Elastoflex E from BASF it is possible for the first time to mass-produce an exterior car part featuring a honeycomb sandwich structure with a class-A film. The roof module in the standard model of the new ...
German automaker Daimler has chosen Korean advanced battery maker LG Chem to supply lithium-ion batteries for its Smart EVs which scheduled to be launched in 2016. LG Chem highlighted that it will providing battery cells to Smart EV and ...
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Mercedese Benzs’ brand Smart has joined forces with eye wear brand MOSCOT to introduce smart fortwo edition MOSCOT which will be unveiled in Milan/Italy. The company will be releasing only 100 units of the special edition car to ...
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Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol: DAI) is continuing along its path of profitable growth. In the second quarter of 2014, the Group achieved new record levels of unit sales and revenue and significantly increased its operating profit from ...
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Mercedes-Benz sold 104,968 units in February, thus achieving a growth of 16.5%. Since the beginning of the year 215,753 cars have been delivered to customers (+16.6%). "We are keeping up the high momentum of the previous months - with a ...
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The Mini Rocketman concept may reach production after all, but only if Mini can find a partner to share development costs with. Speaking with Auto Guide, Mini product boss Pat McKenna said that while the Rocketman had officially been ...
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The new smart fortwo electric drive is now available to buy from dealerships in China. The smart brand celebrated this market launch at the Guangzhou Motor Show, where the all-electric city runabout was presented to the Chinese public. Dr ...
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German automaker Daimler is planning to expand its partnership with American electric car maker Tesla Motors. Daimler holds a 4.3% stake in Tesla, which currently supplies electric motors and batteries to Daimler for its vehicles. Daimler ...
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A prototype of the third-generation Smart Fortwo has been spied for the first time wearing its own body panels, giving our best look yet at the production car that’s set to go on sale next year. Snapped by CarAdvice’s spy ...
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Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler is keen to expand its partnership with electric vehicle specialist Tesla Motors to electrify more models in its range. Asked about the German automotive giant’s component purchasing deal with ...
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A car anticipated to be the all-new third-generation Renault Twingo has been caught road testing by CarAdvice’s spy photographers. Still heavily camouflaged, the new Renault prototype is expected to be the third-generation Twingo ...