A brand new technology of the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class compact sedan arrives subsequent yr, 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.
Teaser for 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class
Beneath the camouflage, anticipate 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 might get well as much as 248 miles of vary in quarter-hour within the Idea CLA-Class, and is designed round smaller battery packs. Vary will probably be achieved extra by means of effectivity than pack measurement, incorporating classes discovered from the Imaginative and prescient EQXX idea, which traveled a file 746 miles on a single cost in 2022.
The CLA EV will probably be unveiled in 2025, that means it should probably 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 possibility is predicted to be supplied alongside the all-electric ones.
Along with the CLA-Class, which is predicted to retain the “four-door coupe” form of the present automotive and the Idea CLA-Class, Mercedes is predicted to introduce a spread of small automobiles primarily based on the MMA underpinnings, together with a crossover that might function a Tesla Mannequin Y rival.