As nickel prices rise, manufacturers in Europe are heavily affected as Russia accounts for almost 1/3 of global nickel production.
The system, called Drive Pilot, works at speeds up to 37 MPH and allows drivers to send emails, surf the internet, or watch a film, according to Mercedes.
The Movano diesel and Movano-e are now available to order in Germany. The Movano is the most competitive offer the German brand has yet made in the heavy van sector of the light commercial vehicle (LCV) market.
French fleet managing and leasing company ALD Automotive announced it will acquire Fleetpool, a leading German car subscription company.
Ford is undertaking trials of its all-electric E-Transit with major European fleet customers before the van becomes widely available spring 2022. Fleets chosen for the real-world trial include operators in the postal, municipal, and utilities sectors, as well as firms operating in the last mile and grocery delivery arenas.
The wind and solar farm projects in Germany are expected to feed an additional 5 terawatt hours of green power into the grid by 2025.
New registrations in Germany are experiencing an electrification boom. In the first quarter of 2021, almost one out of four (24%) newly registered passenger cars was equipped with an alternative powertrain - and this figure is even higher on the fleet market.
Registrations for several European fleet markets showed recovery for the first half of 2020 after huge drops following the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the industry, looking at Germany, Spain, France, U.K., and Italy.
Up to 40% of fleets in Germany suspended vehicle orders in April, and many vehicles that were ordered at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 are just now rolling to customers.
The amount of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids in operation in Germany grew 60% in 2020 when compared to 2019.
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