TapTechNews May 15th news, Mercedes-Benz responded to rumors about reducing investment in electric vehicle platform research and development and abandoning the planned MB.EA Large architecture to understand the car emperor, stating that Mercedes-Benz will not stop developing new pure electric vehicle architectures; Mercedes-Benz remains determined in its electrification transformation and will continue to launch new pure electric models. Mercedes-Benz is committed to creating the most suitable products for each customer's needs and will flexibly provide various driving modes, including pure electric models and electrified fuel models.
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German media Handelsblatt recently reported that Mercedes-Benz has significantly reduced investment in electric vehicle platform research and development and decided to abandon its previously planned all-new MB.EA Large architecture, which was originally scheduled to be launched in 2028 and aimed to be the next-generation base architecture for existing EQE, EQS sedans and SUV models. The report cited four internal sources as saying that due to poor sales of the existing EQE and EQS models, Mercedes-Benz made this decision.
Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, has stated that the company is committed to offering a pure electric choice for all products by 2030, whether it be the CLA class or the S class.
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