Mercedes Will Fix New CLA EV’s Charging Crisis From Next Year

The Mercedes GLB has been catalogued by many as one of the most successful models of the German brand. This is thanks to its unmistakable design of square lines and very marked, but also to its practical capabilities and even to its electrified mechanics. Let us remember that this SUV has a hybrid plug-in variant, but also with another 100% electric, called Mercedes EQB. Now it is known that the German company is already working on the developme…

After a controversy about its technical choices, Mercedes is reviewing its copy. The future electric CLA will be well compatible with more charging terminals than expected. Even the 400 Volt chargers will be available. A technical choice that caused Mercedes' incomprehension At the time of the announcement of the new electric Mercedes CLA, the German brand had surprised – and even irritated – many observers. Indeed, the first version of the mode…

2025 Mercedes-Benz CLA EV won't be able to charge at 400-volt DC stations – fix only coming next year

Having misread the electric vehicle market with its first range of EQ models, Mercedes-Benz was supposed to instrument a turnaround with its new CLA – a more “normal” Mercedes EV twinned with its combustion-engined sibling. But that didn’t stop Stuttgart from shooting itself in the foot, as it turns out. Multiple news outlets, including Wards Auto and Autocar, have reported that the new compact sedan with its fancy new 800-volt electrical archit…

Mercedes Will Fix New CLA EV’s Charging Crisis From Next Year

Mercedes has confirmed the CLA will support both 400V and 800V chargers in the States. Initially, the CLA EV will be limited to 800V charging, with future models getting a converter. The new electric sedan will offer two power outputs: 268 hp and 349 hp, the latter with AWD. Mercedes has made more than a few questionable decisions in recent years, but one of the most baffling had to be limiting the CLA EV to 800V DC fast-charging stations. This …