2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA EV teased with concentrate on effectivity

A brand new era of the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class compact sedan arrives subsequent 12 months, with an all-electric variant as a part of the lineup.

Mercedes first confirmed a camouflaged prototype of the CLA-Class EV in October, and on Wednesday it launched an extra tease within the type of a video of CEO Ola Källenius driving one of many prototypes.

Beneath the camouflage, count on the CLA-Class EV to have styling primarily based on the Idea CLA-Class unveiled on the 2023 Munich auto present. That idea additionally confirmed off the engineering of the Mercedes-Benz Modular Structure (MMA) that would be the foundation for the CLA EV and different next-generation compact Mercedes fashions.

MMA will incorporate an 800-volt electrical structure, which Mercedes mentioned allowed for DC quick charging that would recuperate as much as 248 miles of vary in quarter-hour within the Idea CLA-Class, and is designed round smaller battery packs. Vary can be achieved extra by effectivity than pack dimension, incorporating classes realized from the Imaginative and prescient EQXX idea, which traveled a document 746 miles on a single cost in 2022. 

The CLA EV can be unveiled in 2025, that means it can doubtless attain the U.S. as a 2026 mannequin. Within the teaser, Källenius confirmed {that a} high-performance AMG model is in improvement alongside the usual CLA-Class. And a hybrid powertrain choice is predicted to be provided alongside the all-electric ones.

Along with the CLA-Class, which is predicted to retain the “four-door coupe” form of the present automobile and the Idea CLA-Class, Mercedes is predicted to introduce a spread of small vehicles primarily based on the MMA underpinnings, together with a crossover that would function a Tesla Mannequin Y rival.