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Mercedes-Benz Planning Four New Electric Vehicles By 2020 – Report

The buzz surrounding a ramped-up attack on the electric vehicle market from German carmaker Mercedes-Benz gathered steam this week, with reports Benz is looking at four new EVs by 2020. The UK’s Autocar reports that two of the quartet would be se


The buzz surrounding a ramped-up attack on the electric vehicle market from German carmaker Mercedes-Benz gathered steam this week, with reports Benz is looking at four new EVs by 2020.

The UK’s Autocar reports that two of the quartet would be sedans based on the C-Class and S-Class, while the remainder would be SUVs (perhaps GLA- and GLC-Class).

Mercedes may be motivated by the progression of BMW’s i EV program, which has delivered the i3 and i8 models to date with a new i5 variant on the way.

To that end, Mercedes was also recently rumoured to be considering a sub-brand of its own to compete directly with BMW i.

Tesla is also said to be on the radar, supporting claims that C- and S-Class-based models will be first cabs off the rank to tackle Tesla’s Model 3 and Model S respectively.

Further motivation appears to have come from the German government, which has announced new sales incentives on EVs priced below €60,000 (AU$ 93,000) as part of a €1.2 billion (AU$1.9 billion) electric car funds package.

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