European Delivery update
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Also if anybody wants to do an ED like European trip, there are also ways to rent a Mercedes while in Germany, including AMGs. It's not cheap, but you can rent them directly from dealerships via Mercedes-Benz Rent. Was considering it for my last trip, but because I arrived over Christmas all dealerships were closed, so no way of picking up the car. It's not as convenient as picking up a rental at the airport, but it can be done with a bit of planning. Just didn't fit my schedule this time.
https://mieten.mercedes-benz.de/?locale=en-GB
https://mieten.mercedes-benz.de/?locale=en-GB
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Not coming back. After the devastating Felicity Ace fire last year, shippers are now refusing used cars with lithium batteries on board. Porsche, who I believe hasn't terminated their program yet doesn't offer it with the Taycan, either. Electrification is essentially the final death knell for these programs. Even car ferries have started to ban electric cars due to the sheer impossibility to put out a battery fire on a vessel. Just recently a Norwegian ferry company banned electric cars on all their ferries and that's in a country where every 2nd car sold is an EV.
I don't want a Volvo, so just curious.
I have done two European deliveries. First was a BMW X3 and second was a MB GLC. I would order a new 2023 GLC immediately if MB still offered European Delivery. As is, I am not sure what I will replace my GLC with.
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Not to doubt what you posted, but Volvo still offers their European delivery program. Don't Volvos have lithium batteries? If so, how does Volvo get around the shipper's refusal of used cars with lithium batteries?
I don't want a Volvo, so just curious.
I have done two European deliveries. First was a BMW X3 and second was a MB GLC. I would order a new 2023 GLC immediately if MB still offered European Delivery. As is, I am not sure what I will replace my GLC with.
I don't want a Volvo, so just curious.
I have done two European deliveries. First was a BMW X3 and second was a MB GLC. I would order a new 2023 GLC immediately if MB still offered European Delivery. As is, I am not sure what I will replace my GLC with.
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Interesting. I was curious so I checked out the Volvo web site. It looks like they offer cars with three engine configurations, full electric engines, plug in hybrid engines or gas engines. All their gas engine cars are equipped with a small electric engine and 48V lithium-ion battery used during acceleration. That is, all Volvo gas engine cars are mild hybrids (MHEV).
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Interesting. I was curious so I checked out the Volvo web site. It looks like they offer cars with three engine configurations, full electric engines, plug in hybrid engines or gas engines. All their gas engine cars are equipped with a small electric engine and 48V lithium-ion battery used during acceleration. That is, all Volvo gas engine cars are mild hybrids (MHEV).
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With further research I found this web page on the Volvo site:
https://www.volvocars.com/us/form/ov...delivery-form/
It looks like some of the plug-in hybrid cars are eligible for European delivery.
https://www.volvocars.com/us/form/ov...delivery-form/
It looks like some of the plug-in hybrid cars are eligible for European delivery.
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