Mercedes-Benz are making many efforts to be at the forefront of the automotive industry. The future inexorably passes electric vehicles and autonomous driving. Their prototypes of buses and trucks are well advanced autonomous and even a 100% electric truck is already doing its good test kilometers.
But not only is progress towards the professional world, it's just that this is a great testing ground. Gradually the electric car niche is expanding and therefore, Mercedes-Benz is considering very seriously launch its line of zero-emission vehicles under a new and differentiated sub.
It would be something like what today is i for BMW, some vehicles alternative, clean propulsion, with a more futuristic and separated conventional "catalog" to establish a direct front in the competition against the aforementioned BMW design and , of course, Tesla.
Rumors should start to be confirmed during the Paris Motor Show in October, but the first to reach the premiere of the green subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz could be two SUVs and two saloons 100% electric with near autonomy to 500 km per charge.
As for the design, possibly the new brand would differ from the rest of the Mercedes-Benz with a more futuristic look, possibly along the lines of the prototypes that we've seen over the years and that would place one step ahead with compared to the traditional range. One way to poll also riskier and less continuistas designs.
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