It may be April Fool’s day, but there’s no trickery going on in the latest edition of Diesel&EcoCar magazine. We’ve got the first information on the hot new Dacia Striker that will have the competition shaking in their boots. Also, in the news pages, it is all about the Mercedes-Benz VLE luxury MPV, as well […]
The path to the big electric switchover continues to be a bumpy one. Electric cars are selling well but they are still expensive by most buyers’ standards, whether new or second hand. The high prices seem to be the result of tight supply conditions resulting from chip shortages and other supply chain issues and remind […]
Mercedes says its new generation of electric vehicles will be based on a custom-developed architecture, which is scalable in every aspect and can be used across model series. The wheelbase and track as well as all other system components, especially the batteries, are variable thanks to the modular design. This vehicle architecture makes it possible to build Mercedes-Benz electric cars from saloons to large SUVs.
Renault claims that the Master Z.E. offers the widest range of variants for an electric commercial vehicle including panel van, platform cab and now a new chassis cab version. The Master Z.E. now also offers an increased payload over its entire range up to 1,700 kg (before conversion). The new vehicles are available to order from October 2020.
UK car manufacturing output fell -95.4 per cent in May with just 5,314 vehicles rolling off production lines, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The performance was a slight improvement on April, when only 197 units were built but with factories still closed or running at reduced capacity it still marked the worst May since 1946.
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