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Featured Mercedes-Benz Sub-Brand for Electric Models to Start with 310-Mile EV

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Tideland Prius, Aug 8, 2016.

  1. hill

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    Even our lowly hybrid Lexus will roll the windows down via the fob - if the door handles ever fail to work. Which reminds me, our rear passenger side window switch failed - fortunately in the up position. Guess I won't be crawling thru THAT particular window.
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    Not keeping up on current events - eh?
    Don't ask us. Ask the heads of MB - they'll tell you WHICH system is a major fail.
    Head Of Daimler Says Electric Cars Are More Realistic Than Hydrogen

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    you won't find the model S all ghetto'ed out. But MB? the peeps do like MB in the ghetto
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    Still - i'm sure MB can & WILL make a decent long range EV. It won't end up getting all borked up that way, so it looks like it's straight from the gutta. But hey - I know some find that to be prestige ... and that's ok.
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  2. Prius Maximus

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    That car company has a serious spelling problem.

    Mercedes bends, but I won't talk about her compressor here.
     
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  3. JSH

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    A lot of Tesla's success is because the are the only game in town. If major luxury car manufacturers get into the game Tesla will find what real competition is like.

    BTW, Mercedes is having a record sales year. A bit more than 1 million cars in the first 1/2 of 2016.

    Nexus 5X ?
     
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    agreed. people will have a tough decision between a car that just works, and one with prestige.
     
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    The design of the Mercedes door handle which has been copied was designed to provide the most leverage to open the door in case of an accident, so sometimes safety design will be more important then drag.

    Again without the funds from Mercedes and Toyota, who knows where Tesla would be today.

    Well since the average price of a Mercedes is $50K plus, even the cheap ones like a CLA I don't know that there is a cheap Mercedes.

    Have you been to LA?

    One could look at it that Tesla lost 75,000 sales to other luxury makes ;)

    Being a true car person, one has respect for all types of vehicles and does not put down an individual's taste or values of what one likes their vehicles to look like, whether is paint color, or modified looks to a particular car. The first picture you posted is Mercedes C230 from early 2001, possible the person does not have the funds to replace the glass, not sure how that makes it Ghetto? I value the freedom to be able to modify ones car, and hope that we will still be able to for many years to come! Hey even some Tesla owners are modding! :)

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    markabele owner of PiP, then Leaf, then Model 3

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    Anyone else blocked orenji yet? ;) Worse than John, by far.
     
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    True, yet the others have given Tesla a large head start.

    Is that just for Mercedes Benz, or does it include their other consumer and commercial brands; smart, Sprinter, etc.?

    Yes, Tesla needed investors. As those investors, Toyota and Mercedes have made back their investment plus profits.

    o_O My use of cheap was not to disparage M-B, but to point out that they offer currently offer cars in a wider price range than Tesla. This means there is a larger pool of potential buyers for their cars, and thus why it is likely to see more of them.

    To add to that, M-B has been in business longer, and older cars on the road will increase the visible numbers of them compared to Tesla.

    Those other makes aren't looking at it that way, or this thread wouldn't exist.

    Eh, he is the sole hydrogen supporter on this board. Best to see what he might say on that topic. Unfortunately, it seems he has taken Musk's fool cells comment personally, and transferred that negative view to the Tesla brand.
     
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    That is the Mercedes-Benz car division. Vans and trucks are separate divisions and reported separately. That is 40 months straight of increased year over year sales.


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    is it available yet? i'm still waiting.:sleep: