The world's first electric car dealership from Mercedes-Benz lies between unattractive houses in a landscape of shades of grey. Yokohama is nicer elsewhere, but here you get a good look at the rough reality of Japanese traffic. The two-story highway "Route K1" and a level highway runs in front of the shop window. In the rushing stream you can see that hardly anyone in Japan drives completely emission-free. And when you ask senior product manager Asami Ueno whether her employer...
The dimensions of the project are enormous, no other car manufacturer is currently daring to make such a large investment in charging infrastructure: Mercedes wants to build 10,000 fast charging stations worldwide by the end of this decade, starting in North America, where by 2027 there will be 400 charging parks with more than 2,500 charging stations should arise. Mercedes has already found partners there. First, MN8 Energy, one of the largest owners and operators of solar energy and battery...
The chairs to his right shake, racers' stomachs bend with laughter, only his own seat is very still, as if stapled. How stuck is Mick Schumacher's gaze. The corners of the mouth anyway. And this image is now remembered when the time of the son of the record world champion in a Formula 1 cockpit comes to an end for the time being. With a last press conference at the Abu Dhabi harbor, which glitters like an amusement park, at...
Dusseldorf Since the US Federal Reserve delivers an interest rate decision according to the wishes of stockbrokers. In addition to the expected interest rate hike of 75 basis points, the monetary watchdogs indicate the chance of a slower rate of tightening. There could be a smaller increase as early as the next interest rate meeting in December.And what are the stock and bond markets doing? The listings are still slipping. Of the dax loses 1.2 percent in the afternoon and...
The small room at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, where the three fastest drivers of the day prepare for the awards ceremony, is a place of emotional debate and agitation on the better days. In the center is a television, on which the most wonderful and sometimes hearty overtaking maneuvers are shown again. On Sunday, however, second-placed Lewis Hamilton sat in front of the screen, next to him were the winner Max Verstappen and third-placed Sergio Pérez - they didn't speak...
The car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is finally putting an end to its business in Russia. The company announced this on Wednesday. The Russian car dealer Avtodom is to become the new owner of the sales company and the car assembly plant with more than a thousand employees. According to Mercedes CFO Harald Wilhelm, the relevant authorities in Russia have not yet approved the deal, but this should probably only be a matter of form.The German automaker will not receive any money...
Of Max Haegler and Florian MuellerExcuse me, he comes all the way from China to Munich, his first trip abroad since Corona, goes to the Oktoberfest and doesn't wear lederhosen? William Li shakes his head. No, he says, "because of the tight schedule" he wasn't able to change. But it was good anyway. The selfie from the previous evening on the cell phone: He is standing there with colleagues in front of thousands of flashing lights. In windbreaker. Just go...
Anyone who allows themselves to be invited to the Wiesn by one of the most important car brands in the world should have sat behind the steering wheel themselves. Although, you can also be a passionate taxi driver and prefer to sit on the rear leather seats. Because very often it is the cars with the star that drive through the streets of Munich on duty. But Melanie Spegel immediately admits that she really enjoys driving, and preferably a Benz....
Nitribitt, Pagoda, Silver Arrow, Carrera Panamericana, Gullwing - the chain of associations associated with the keyword SL can be extended almost indefinitely. The first two variants could hardly have been more different: the 300 SL was a feather-light sports car in its purest form, the 190 SL available from 1955 was considered a super-solid but underpowered knock-off for flâneurs. With the Gullwing, Mercedes had created an icon as early as 1954, the radiance of which is still reflected in the...
essay by Max HaeglerLots of chrome, lots of nylon, lots of cowboys, lots of cigarettes, lots of kitchen appliances, lots of cars: leafing through magazines from the past century is an extremely entertaining pastime just because of the advertising. star, playboy or Merian-Booklets tell a lot about technical innovations and German role models. And sometimes the yellowed displays also help to better classify the present. Just like the car industry right now. source site
