Mercedes-Benz Introducing Four New Electric Vehicles
After the popular Energy Storage and American Automotive Manufacturers, Tesla Motors, gained huge success in producing highly efficient and optimal performance inducing semi-autonomous and electric-operating vehicles in the marketplace, all three German Luxury Car Makers – Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and BMW have showed great interest and released their own plans in manufacturing fully-functioning electric-vehicles that boast high ranges by 2020. These cars come in the form of sedans, SUVs, or both will be designed, priced and sized to challenge Tesla’s Model S and X vehicles, which are already in production.
This can be owed to the incentives enacted by Germany with regards to domestic electric-cars that have urged automobile manufacturers to accelerate their plans. A few months ago, Mercedes-Benz declared that it aims to add four incredibly efficient and powerful all-electric cars to its already huge luxury vehicles lineup. Orchestrated by Thomas Weber, these new electric car models will be joining the lineup by the end of 2020. Among these four electric vehicles would be two electric SUVs and electric sedans.
The electric crossover SUVs will compare to the GLC mid-sized crossover and GLA compact hatchback vehicles, while the electric-sedan all-electric vehicles accompanying the lineup will be designed to mimic the same size of the large S-Class and midsize C-Class and diesel and gasoline models.
Based on a report from Autobild, it was revealed that Mercedes-Benz will be offering both plug-in and inductive charging models for its entire all-electric car lineup (which is definitely a first in the marketplace). The battery-electric vehicles will be using Modular Electric Architecture (MEA) underpinnings, except for the GLA-based model.
For those of you who don’t know, the MEA is a relatively new derivative of the Modular Rear Architecture (MRA) that is currently being used by the brand-new E-Class, C-Class, and S-Class models. The only difference is that MEA proves to be a cheaper medium for manufacturing electric vehicles. As compared to BMW AG (who has been currently pouring money in carbon fiber and introducing a rather futuristic design for its new “I” brand), this technology also proves to be more efficient and reliable.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors at Daimler AG and Chief Executive Officer at Mercedes-Benz, Dieter Zetsche, also revealed plans of the brand introducing a new electric car prototype at the Paris Motor Show (which is going to be hosted this September).
Built on a SUV drivetrain and platform, this new prototype manufactured by the hardworking and experienced team of Mercedes-Benz will have the capability of driving approximately 500 kilometers (310) miles on a single charge and will also be boasting a distinctive and unique design Mercedes plans on using for its all-electric vehicles.
The parent company of Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG also introduced plans of revealing its first-ever all-electric, heavy-duty delivery truck as we move onto the next decade. In addition to this, the brand will also be unveiling all-electric versions of its Smart City-Car brand vehicle lineup. The first few electric models produced by Mercedes will be manufactured in the Berman Factory in Germany.
