A Mercedes hybrid at NAIAS
While small city EVs are just around the corner, EVs with range similar to today’s vehicles are still 20 years away , the research and development boss of Mercedes-Benz.
Thus, Mercedes will continue to work on EV technologies, but the short term focus will be on improving conventional technologies, while rolling out hybrid technology.
“Hybrids offer great potential in terms of their flexibility. Pure electric vehicles are still constrained by range and there many issues still to address in terms of weight and cost. Hybrid technology has now been well-established by the Japanese makers and at last week’s Frankfurt Show we showed the full range of our own hybrid technologies.”
