Mercedes-Benz is thinking about an electric S-class Bashny.Net

To hybrid versions of their models for the management of the company Mercedes-Benz their fans are already accustomed – those now available in the updated E-class and the recently replaced generation S-class, and in the future promised and have just debuted the new generation C-class.



Now stutgartt thought over pure electric ones. And why not, if the power unit AMG is already far advanced in this direction, almost bringing to mind the first electric sports car SLS AMG? Yes, and in the Arsenal of the brand itself is already a hybrid modification of the flagship sedan, the S500 Plug-in Hybrid that can recharge its battery from a household socket and, if necessary, far enough to leave one electric. As you can see, developments in the segment of electric cars are already as powerful electric motors, it remains only to carefully consider the possibility of the first serial electric vehicle.





That such a thought already troubled thought leadership Mercedes-Benz, told in an interview with the British edition of Top Gear, Director of the environmental direction of the brand, Uwe Ernstberger. According to him, for "purebred" carts had clearly seen a great future, and more and more manufacturers are entering the global scale in this segment, despite the fact that the cost of conveyor for Assembly of such models, is still extremely high.

While this process has affected mostly the models of low classes because of their small size and comparative affordability. But the provision of large electric motors and premium models like S-class very difficult. The problem is batteries: for such a big and heavy car like the S-class, the storage of energy in the present circumstances to occupy the space in half of a sedan, and at the same time on a single charge cruising range is not too large. Except the size and weight of current batteries are still too long and charged in a domestic environment. Therefore, according to Mr. Ernstberger until the engineers of Daimler did not invent the compact but capacious accumulators, thinking about the electric S-class will remain a thought.

Source: zeleneet.com