Granted, Mercedes has already placed a particular emphasis on efficiency with the EQS and its particularly aerodynamic body. However, talking about efficiency in a luxury vehicle weighing over 2.6 tonnes with a peak output of up to 560 kW is relative.
It is also clear that the original EQS concept did not do well in China, which is an important market for luxury saloons. The upcoming CLA, which is based on the Mercedes Modular Architecture (MMA), is expected to be much more successful. Next year, the compact saloon will be the prelude to the German carmaker’s upcoming compact model family, set to generate high unit sales.
There is a simple reason why the MMA will not be making its debut in a new A-Class: the model portfolio is being radically streamlined, and there will be no successors to the A- and B-Class. Instead, there will be the CLA, a shooting brake as a dynamic estate and two SUV models – one a little more dynamic in the style of the GLA/EQA and the other more angular with more space and utility value like the GLB/EQB. However, the details of the four models have yet to be finalised, and Mercedes is not yet willing to comment further on the vehicles.
Instead, the car manufacturer organised a technology workshop on the MMA at the Sindelfingen plant in Germany, specifically in the ‘Electric Software Hub,’ where a large part of the development work on the new platform took place. Mercedes wanted to share information about the drives, some statements about the ba.