A funny thing for an American who moves to Europe or visits for a bit is seeing Mercedes-Benz vans, trucks, and even buses. In the US, we’ve got the luxury cars and SUVs, but Mercedes delivery vans and heavy-duty vehicles is an odd concept. Now, if you go to Belgium, you may even see electric Mercedes delivery vans delivering food boxes (prepared meals). They include a special design for keeping the food cool.
For the new EU Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) regulations, passenger cars and light vans are in two different classes. Manufacturers can’t compensate the surplus in one class to balance the deficit in the other. Mercedes does not have a smaller, more efficient model.
Mercedes-Benz Vans took to the interwebs to announce its new fully autonomous mobility platform. The Urbanetic self-driving platform takes all of the electric powertrain components of the now ubiquitous electric skateboard platform and adds the ability to dynamically adjust the body that is bolted to the top.
The joint venture between the US-based firm Via and Mercedes-Benz Vans, known as ViaVan, has now launched its on-demand ride-sharing service in London (UK).
Electric versions of all of Mercedes-Benz Vans’ commercial van model lines are now planned — with deliveries of the eVito beginning in late 2018 and deliveries of the eSprinter beginning in 2019, and others following — according to a new press release.
Mercedes-Benz Vans just revealed its new adVANce “strategic future initiative,” an initiative focused on 3 main areas of coming change: greater connectivity, new hardware solutions, and on-demand transportation services. According to a press release, the company will “no longer be a mere manufacturer of globally successful vans and the associated … [continued]
