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

With the continued strong sales of Tesla showing that luxury EVs are more than a blip in the market reserved for geeky engineers, tech moguls, and the Hollywood crowd, Mercedes-Benz is now amping up its plans to produce a long-range electric vehicle to compete with the Silicon Valley automaker. And, based on recent reports, that will be only the first of an entire sub-brand of electric cars.

Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, Daimler, said in June that the automaker was planning an electric car for the Paris Motor Show in October. This model is expected to be a direct rival to the Tesla Model S, with a 500-kilometer (310-mile) range to meet or exceed what that model can deliver. To built in Germany, it’s also likely to wear whichever new sub-brand moniker Mercedes-Benz has in mind to counter BMW’s i label.
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C&D: 2017 Audi Q7 e-tron TDI Plug-In Hybrid

As a diesel-powered plug-in-hybrid SUV, the Audi Q7 e-tron occupies a niche within a niche within a niche. It could be seen as evidence that Audi’s product planners are determined to find the least-populated space in the great automotive Venn diagram. There have been diesel hybrids before in Europe (notably Volvo’s V60 PHEV) but never one this large offering quite this much all-electric range.

It’s the e-tron TDI’s misfortune to be entering the world as the dowdier sister of the new SQ7 and its triple-boosted V-8 diesel, struggling to earn much attention as a consequence. Its prospects for U.S. sales face the same challenge as other diesels tainted by VW’s emissions scandal, and after some strong early...
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Prius Four AMCI Testing Results

We just got some news over here that we thought you all might be interested in - looks like AMCI testing has confirmed that the 2016 Prius Four Touring has better overall handling performance than the 2016 BMW 528i Sedan, and smoother overall ride quality than the 2016 Mercedes Benz CLA250 (*AMCI Testing Certified: MY16 competitors tested). I laid out the findings below:

AMCI Testing Certified Claims for 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring vs. 2016 BMW 528i Sedan:

The 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring has Better Overall Handling Performance than the 2016 BMW 528i Sedan*
The 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring has Better Slalom Performance than the 2016 BMW 528i Sedan*
* Dry pavement, Stability Control Off

AMCI Testing Certified Claims for 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring vs. 2016 Mercedes-Benz CLA250:
The 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring has Smoother Overall Ride Quality than the 2016 Mercedes-Benz CLA250
The 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring has...

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