Mercedes-Benz: Only electric vehicles from 2025 🎥
NEAR FUTURE By the end of the decade, Mercedes-Benz wants to become fully electric - wherever market conditions permit. By 2022, the Stuttgart-based company will offer battery-electric vehicles in all segments. The Mercedes-Benz EQS is available as a rear-wheel-drive model with 245 kW and as an all-wheel-drive model with 385 kW. The company is accelerating investments in research and development. [...]
The Mercedes-Benz EQS is available as a rear-wheel drive model with 245 kW and as an all-wheel drive model with 385 kW.
The company is accelerating investment in research and development. A total of more than 40 billion euros has been earmarked for investment in battery-electric vehicles between 2022 and 2030.
Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG: "In the course of this accelerated transformation, Mercedes-Benz is sticking to its profitability targets. The tipping point is approaching, and we will be ready when the markets switch completely to electric cars by the end of the decade."
Three fully electric areas in the future
In 2025, Mercedes-Benz plans to introduce three all-electric divisions:
- MB.EA covers all mid-sized and large passenger cars and, as a scalable modular system, will form the electrical basis of the future BEV portfolio.
- AMG.EA is an electric platform designed for peak performance, addressing the needs of Mercedes-AMG's technology-savvy and performance-oriented customers and
- VAN.EA heralds a new era for electric vans and light commercial vehicles.
Hundreds of companies and suppliers
With the acquisition of the electric motor specialist "Yasa". Mercedes-Benz gains access to the unique technology of axial flux motors as well as the expertise for the development of ultra-high performance axial flux motors.
China will play a key role in Mercedes-Benz's accelerated electric strategy. The country is already the world's largest market for electric vehicles - with hundreds of companies and suppliers specializing in software and components for electric vehicles.
Additional eight gigafactories for batteries
Mercedes-Benz requires a battery capacity of more than 200 gigawatt hours and plans to build eight gigafactories for cell production worldwide together with partners. These capacities complement the already planned network of nine plants for the production of battery systems.
The next generation of batteries will be highly standardized and suitable for use in more than 90 percent of all future passenger cars and vans bearing the star.
Most advanced battery cell technology
In Europe, Mercedes-Benz wants to develop and efficiently produce future cells as well as modules with new partners. By continuously integrating the most advanced battery cell technology, the Swabians want to increase the range of the vehicles. To this end, Mercedes-Benz is working with partners such as "SilaNano" on the next generation of batteries.
Charging network with over 530,000 stations
Mercedes-Benz also wants to set new standards in charging. For example, "Plug & Charge" will enable charging without additional steps for authentication and payment processing. "Plug & Charge" will be launched later this year with the market launch of the EQS (see gallery).
"Mercedes me Charge" is already one of the world's largest charging networks and currently comprises more than 530,000 DC and AC charging points worldwide.
In addition, Mercedes-Benz is planning premium charging stations in Europe that will offer customers a customized charging service at special locations.
Range with more than 1000 kilometers
Mercedes-Benz is currently developing the Vision EQXX, an electric vehicle with a real-world range of more than 1,000 kilometers that consumes no more than a single-digit kilowatt-hour value per 100 kilometers at normal highway speeds. The world premiere is planned for 2022.
