Mercedes did not wait for the European Commission to announce on July 14 that vehicles with combustion engines - including hybrid and plug-in hybrid models - will be banned for sale from 2035 to move towards electric. While still Director of Research and Development, the current president of the German group, Ola Källenius, launched a vast electromobility program. The strategy was then to offer at least one 100% electric model per model range. Since then, the star firm has revised its objectives upwards. By 2030, the German manufacturer would be able to switch all of its production to electric. This strategy was clarified last week when the international press has just carried out the first tests of the EQS,the flagship of its zero emission offensive. “If market conditions allow, we will be ready to switch all production to electric,” said Ola Källenius. In total, investments in battery electric vehicles will amount to more than 40 billion euros until 2030. By working extra hard, the aim is to advance the tipping point for vehicle adoption. electric. Thus, investments in combustion engines will decrease by 80% over the period running up to 2026. Mercedesconcentrates its resources on electricity and hydrogen. This latest technology could experience a boom over the next decade.said Ola Källenius. In total, investments in battery electric vehicles will amount to more than 40 billion euros until 2030. By working extra hard, the aim is to advance the tipping point for vehicle adoption. electric. Thus, investments in combustion engines will decrease by 80% over the period running up to 2026. Mercedesconcentrates its resources on electricity and hydrogen. This latest technology could experience a boom over the next decade.said Ola Källenius. In total, investments in battery electric vehicles will amount to more than 40 billion euros until 2030. By working extra hard, the aim is to advance the tipping point for vehicle adoption. electric. Thus, investments in combustion engines will decrease by 80% over the period running up to 2026. Mercedesconcentrates its resources on electricity and hydrogen. This latest technology could experience a boom over the next decade.Thus, investments in combustion engines will decrease by 80% over the period running up to 2026. Mercedesconcentrates its resources on electricity and hydrogen. This latest technology could experience a boom over the next decade.Thus, investments in combustion engines will decrease by 80% over the period running up to 2026. Mercedesconcentrates its resources on electricity and hydrogen. This latest technology could experience a boom over the next decade.
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From 2025, all new ranges launched will be electric. On that date, Mercedes will introduce three new electric platforms. The first, called MB.AE, will be intended for the development of the entire range of battery-powered vehicles. The second, called AMG-AE, will be used for models in the Mercedes sports division. With the third called VAN.AE, Mercedes will design all the zero emission vans and light commercial vehicles in its range. To accelerate the switch to electric and ensure its economic independence, the star firm has bought the English company Yasa specializing in the development and production of electric motors. Likewise, Mercedes announced the construction of eight "gigafactories" to produce the battery cells. The manufacturer estimated its battery capacity requirement at 200 Gigawatt hours.
While it will launch the EQS and EQB by the end of 2021, the Stuttgart manufacturer has already planned to market in 2022 and 2023 an SUV version of the EQS, an EQE sedan (a similar size to Class E) and an SUV derivative.
In addition, the manufacturer is currently refining the Vision EQXX concept of an electric car claiming more than 1,000 km of autonomy and whose consumption will be below 10 kWh / 100 km.
F1 engine engineers are involved in this ambitious project.
The world premiere of this concept is scheduled for the year 2022.