INEOS Automotive resumes production at Hambach plant, France On January 16, INEOS Automotive announced that it has resumed production of the Grenadier and Quartermaster 4X4s at its Hambach plant, following a critical seat shortage caused by a supplier insolvency late last year. The company announced that the discontinued production line of smart ForTwo models, which ceased production in 2024, has been dismantled to make room for future INEOS prod...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/21

Mercedes-Benz Group reports 9% decrease in BEV segment in Q1, 2024 On April 10, Mercedes-Benz Group announced that it has delivered 50,500 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) worldwide, marking a drop of 9% YoY in Q1, 2024. Plug-in hybrid vehicle demand increased by 6% YoY and BEV sales for Mercedes-Benz brand cars totaled 47,500 units, which is a decrease of 8% YoY due to the end of the smart fortwo's lifecycle (-30%). Overall, Mercedes-Benz Group ...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/10

Smart stops production of fortwo models at Ineos Automotive’s Hambach plant in France On March 28, multiple sources announced that Mercedes-Benz ended production of Smart Fortwo models at the facility in Hambach, France, which is now owned by Ineos Automotive. Smart’s all-electric Fortwo Cabrio was the last model that rolled off the production line. Smart manufactured around two million two-seaters since 1998, most of them with combustion eng...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/04

nducted if needed.For the LGES probe, NHTSA cites:     • GM’s recall in 2020 that was expanded in 2021 to include every single Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV ever produced because of fire risks from two manufacturing defects in the batteries      • a 2020 recall affecting a single 2019 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive for a fire-risk defect     • the 2020 and 2021 recalls affecting Hyundai Motor's 2019-2020 Kona Electric and 2020 Ioniq Ele...

News  Updated at: 2022/04/08

Ineos Automotive discussing acquisition of Mercedes-Benz’s Hambach, France site On July 7, Ineos Automotive announced that it has entered into discussions with Mercedes-Benz over the acquisition of their Hambach site. The site, which is the home of the smart EQ fortwo models, has been recently developed with a new dedicated SUV line, similar in size to the Grenadier, which makes it ideally suited to the production of the Ineos Grenadier. Ineos...

News  Updated at: 2020/07/08

ficient. In the course of its transformation process, Mercedes-Benz AG plans to utilize the high flexibility of its global production network and adjust its capacity to current market conditions. The Hambach plant has been producing the fourth generation of smart electric vehicles with the smart EQ fortwo and the smart EQ fortwo Cabrio since 2019. The current smart models will continue to be produced in Hambach. The next generation of smart elect...

News  Updated at: 2020/07/06

registrations increased 8.2% (6.9% share), Ford registrations increased 23.5% (6.7% share), Peugeot registrations increased 4.8% (5.4% share), and Dacia registrations increased 22.7% (4.8% share) from a year ago. The best-selling cars in December, in order of popularity, were the Fiat Panda, smart fortwo, Lancia Ypsilon, Dacia Duster and Renault Captur. The foreign car distributors association (UNRAE) announced that gasoline-poweredl passenger c...

News  Updated at: 2020/01/06

creased 8.2% (6.6% share), Renault registrations increased 4.3% (5.6% share), Peugeot registrations decreased 8.2% (5.3% share) and Toyota registrations decreased 3.2% (5.1% share) from a year ago. The best-selling cars in November, in order of popularity, were the Fiat Panda, Lancia Ypsilon, smart fortwo coupe, Dacia Duster and Fiat 500X. The foreign car distributors association (UNRAE) announced that gasoline-powered car sales in November incre...

News  Updated at: 2019/12/03

e the Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon markets in the U.S. and Calgary, Alberta market in Canada effective October 31, and the Chicago, Illinois market effective December 31.Car2go allows people to share ownership of Mercedes-Benz GLA hatchbacks and sedans, as well as the smart fortwo.Car2go noted that since launching in North America in 2009, traditional automakers, ride-hailing companies, and micro-mobility disruptors have ...

News  Updated at: 2019/10/02

smart at 2019 International Motor Show in Frankfurt On September 5, Daimler informed that smart is presenting its completely visually and digitally revised fortwo and forfour models at the 2019 International Motor Show in Frankfurt. Progressive design meets intelligent connectivity and solely battery-electric powertrains. The new smart fortwo coupe, cabrio and forfour models thereby offer a sustainable and comprehensive mobility concept. Since 20...

News  Updated at: 2019/09/05

rgentina, including the canceled production of the Vito van at its Juan Manuel Fangio Plant and Class X pickup truck at Renault’s plant in Cordoba.The Smart brand first arrived in Argentina from France in October 2010, marketed in Argentina in two of its three generations, with two-door bodywork (ForTwo Coupé and ForTwo Cabrio) and as four-doors (ForFour).In 2010, its first year, it sold 18 units, increasing in 2011 (428 units), 2012 (329), 20...

News  Updated at: 2019/07/25

As part of the vehicle-development program, the smart product portfolio is also planned to be extended into the fast-growing B-segment.Prior to the launch of new models from 2022 onwards, Daimler will continue to produce the current generation of smart vehicles in its Hambach plant France (smart EQ fortwo) and at Novo Mesto (Slovenia, smart EQ forfour).In parallel, the Hambach plant will assume an additional new role in the Mercedes-Benz Cars pro...

News  Updated at: 2019/03/28

e in the city. The extrovert design without a roof and the full commitment to electric mobility indicate that smart's electric future is all set to be anything but boring. The two-seater "edition pureblack" special model will be available both with the two petrol engines and as an electric smart EQ fortwo. It will be available for ordering in the coming months, with deliveries set to begin in 2019. car2go will have 400 smart EQ fortwos at its dis...

News  Updated at: 2018/10/04

vehicles were driven a total distance of over 90 million kilometers worldwide, with around ten percent of this total being driven with the 1,400 electric cars. On July 25th car2go opened its tenth North American location in Chicago and is now offering a fleet of 400 vehicles there, including smart fortwo and Mercedes-Benz CLA and GLA vehicles. Including the newest location in Chicago, car2go is now operating in 25 cities on three continents and...

News  Updated at: 2018/08/01

yundai showcased the NEXO, which is equipped with a next-generation hydrogen fuel cell system, as well as top ADAS technologies.SAIC-GM Cadillac launched a smart driving system that features Autonavi maps and over-the-air (OTA) remote updating technologies.Mercedes Benz unveiled the Smart vision EQ fortwo Concept, which is equipped with Level-5 autonomous driving system, and the MBUX system, which is equipped with natural voice control technologi...

News  Updated at: 2018/06/15

ations by means of a digital certificate: Plug&Charge via the international standard ISO 15118. The automotive manufacturer Daimler and Hubject have now concluded the pilot phase of the innovative system in cooperation with the charging point operator ebee smart technologies. With the new smart EQ fortwo/forfour, Daimler now has the first electric vehicle in series production that supports Plug&Charge. With this system, Hubject and Daimler prov...

News  Updated at: 2018/04/17

Daimler premieres smart EQ fortwo/forfour nightsky edition at Geneva Motor Show Daimler announced on March 5 that smart is celebrating the beginning of the EQ era with the special models smart EQ fortwo nightsky edition and smart forfour nightsky edition. Defining features of the vehicles in black paintwork are accent trim parts in the signature blue colour of the EQ technology and product brand. This special, electrically powered smart will ini...

News  Updated at: 2018/03/06

ies production in 2018.The MBUX system features a high-resolution Widescreen Cockpit with touchscreen operation, navigation display with augmented reality technology plus intelligent voice control with natural speech recognition.Also exhibited were the Mercedes-Benz Concept EQA, the smart vision EQ fortwo and the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE, as well as the hydrogen-powered Mercedes‑Benz GLC F-CELL.The Concept EQA features one electric motor on the...

News  Updated at: 2018/01/13

nsumer Electronics Show (CES 2018) in Las Vegas.Featuring innovative use of artificial intelligence and an intuitive operating system, MBUX technology will be introduced as standard equipment in the next compact car generation in 2018.Mercedes-Benz will also display the Concept EQA, smart vision EQ fortwo and Mercedes-AMG Project ONE show cars in Las Vegas. (Daimler press release on December 12, 2017)...

News  Updated at: 2017/12/13

plans to exclusively sell smart models with battery-electric drive in Europe and the USA. The first series-produced model from the new EQ product brand, the EQC, is set to be produced at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen from 2019. Daimler has exhibited concept models including the smart Vision EQ fortwo, Mercedes-Benz's EQA and GLC F-CELL as well.For commercial vehicles too, in future there will be locally emission-free electric drive systems a...

News  Updated at: 2017/10/09