The Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van debuted for the 2024 model year with a long 170-inch wheelbase, a large 113-kwh battery, and a high roof. For 2025, it adds a shorter 144-inch wheelbase, a smaller 81-kwh battery, and a shorter standard roof, the brand announced on Monday. In that configuration, the base price falls from $74,181 to $63,545
The firm's first all-electric vehicle will be launched in late 2025. Ferrari is aiming for 60% of its sales to be for electrified models by 2026. It is not known yet what body style the brand's first EV will adopt. Ferrari wants to grow its expertise in the world of battery cells but has no plans to manufacture them itself and will continue to rely on outsider suppliers for the cells needed by its electrified vehicles. The coming two years will be very important for the Italian brand. In late...
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The votes have been tallied, and the results are in. The winner of the 11th Breakthrough Technology, 2024 edition, is drumroll please thermal batteries! While the editors of MIT Technology…
From Europe to California, shipping and logistics operations are transitioning to electric trucks.
Australia is at a “critical stage” in how it achieves net-zero carbon emissions as the federal government prepares to set a tougher 2035 target. A carbon market industry report released on Wednesday forecasts Australia will become one of the world’s largest producers of carbon credits, with demand to jump to nine million in 2024 and […]
When AT&T Business teed up a brand campaign targeting mom-and-pop shops with a reunion of The Office cast, The Masters provided the perfect grounds for an opening drive. Actor Rainn Wilson (The Office’s Dwight Schrute) joined AT&T and its partners on an integrated Omnicom team led by BBDO, teasing the latest installment of AT&T Business’s "Next Level Network" campaign on his Instagram and newly minted LinkedIn profile. Wilson and AT&T used LinkedIn to announce the actor's new...
Sedans are to Mercedes-Benz what wagons are to Volvo. In short, they're
Car plant is second such in a southern state to ask the labor board to hold union election to join the United Autoworkers UnionMercedes-Benz workers in Vance, Alabama, have voted to hold an election to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), the second car plant in a southern state to pass such a vote in the last month.A supermajority of more than 5,000 workers at the plant have asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to organize an election. Volkswagen employees in Tennessee made the same...
By Matthew Walsh At a dusty warehouse in northern China, Liu Wei feeds photos of beaming bridal couples into an industrial shredder — turning stories of heartbreak into a source of electricity. Wedding photos are big business in China, where parks, temples and historic sites often teem with newlyweds posing for elaborate shots capturing their […]
The state Legislature appears poised to create a new way for Hawaii electric utilities to pay for wildfire risk mitigation that reduces the cost possibly passed onto ratepayers in an effort to help prevent another tragic fire in the state.
The mighty Mekong River, a life source for millions across Southeast Asia, now faces an existential threat. An ambitious regional plan developed by ASEAN
The Australian Government has leveraged insight from cybersecurity experts to create a new six-part plan to combat cybersecurity over the coming decade.