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12 Май 2015 | Author: dima | No comments yet »

US Rollout Update: Mercedes-Benz Electric Drive

Mercedes Electric Drive Concept

have now been several of the prototype Mercedes-Benz B-Class Drive in the US and with those come speculation that the M-B will arrive in showrooms soon.

B-Class Electric Reveal

Truth is, the B-Class Drive is still in the development and it’s not scheduled for US launch mid-2014 (previously the B-Class Drive was set to launch in the US in January and then delayed until 2014. but even the early statement is no longer true).

“…B-Class ED will be available summer 2014 at authorized dealers in select states — CA, CT, MD, OR, NJ, NY, RI and VT — and nationwide in early 2015 .”

Mercedes-Benz’ official word.

sightings are common and we’re that as its launch draw more and more B-Class Drives will be seen on US Should we then assume Mercedes-Benz is trying to push the US launch of the electric B-Class?

No.

The B-Class Electric Drive on several Tesla-made components pack, electric motor and so Those components won’t the production cycle at Tesla Q2 of 2014.

Per Tesla’s shareholder

Tesla Is Not Yet Making Parts For – That Won’t Begin in Q2 of

“The development program Daimler is on track for full by early next year. thereafter, we anticipate the start of to support market launch by in 2014.”

In order for Tesla to mass producing components for the necessary equipment must be in the That equipment will as part of Tesla’s recently $415-million order .

When all the cards line up completes development of B-Class Drive, Tesla gets production equipment in place and manufacturing B-Class components) the Electric Drive will in the US. That won’t until Summer 2014 . to Mercedes-Benz and even then the will only be in select It isn’t until early when the B-Class Electric will be available nationwide.

a look at what to expect the B-Class debut in Summer