INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH
Mercedes V-Class gets electrified
Luxury people carrier joins the electric-vehicle revolution
Mobility is going through the biggest change since Karl Benz first invented the motor car. This was the statement made by Daimler executive Wilfried Porth at the unveiling of the updated Mercedes-Benz V-Class in Stuttgart. It’s not a statement that can be argued with given the major changes going on in the automotive industry. Mercedes itself has created its CASE strategy, namely Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric and most of its rivals have similar acronyms defining their new direction. In the case of electric, Mercedes will launch its EQC electric SUV in SA later this year and that will be followed by the EQA hatch with more to come after that. In some global markets it already has its e-Vito battery-electric van and we have it on good authority that the e-Vito is also planned for the South African market. Then there will be an e-Sprinter, not surprisingly a battery-electric version of the new Sprinter that launched internationally in 2018. It will go on sale in selected r...
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