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GREEN: Tesla, Mercedes Plan New Model
California electric-car company reveals collaboration with German stakeholder on third Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle.
The Mercedes-Benz AMG division is engineering an electric version of its SLS gullwing coupe. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz)
Tesla and Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, have been in close ties ever since Daimler bought a stake in the Californian electric car company.
As part of its purchase deal of Tesla’s stock, Daimler would receive batteries and the technical expertise needed to bring an electric car to market. So far, we’ve seen this pact bear fruit in the form of the Smart ForTwo Electric Drive and Mercedes-Benz A Class E-Cell.
But earlier this week, Tesla revealed during its fourth-quarter earnings announcement that the company was partnering up with Mercedes on another electric-car project. Tesla also announced during the meeting that it had already taken in $40 million worth of advanced sales for the upcoming Model X electric crossover that debuted recently.
Under the pact with Mercedes, Tesla is to provide battery packs, electric motors, gearboxes, inverters and all related software. No other details on the collaboration were revealed, however.
Mercedes’ performance arm AMG has its own E-Cell electric car in the works based on its SLS AMG supercar, and a battery supplier and technology partner for this particular car has already been announced: Deutsche ACCUmotive.
Deutsche ACCUmotive is also the official partner for the production version of last year’s B Class E-Cell Plus concept, a range-extended electric version of the new Mercedes B Class, so we can rule that model out as well.
One possibility is an electric version of the new third-generation A Class, perhaps a continuation of the previous A Class E-Cell project.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
As part of its purchase deal of Tesla’s stock, Daimler would receive batteries and the technical expertise needed to bring an electric car to market. So far, we’ve seen this pact bear fruit in the form of the Smart ForTwo Electric Drive and Mercedes-Benz A Class E-Cell.
But earlier this week, Tesla revealed during its fourth-quarter earnings announcement that the company was partnering up with Mercedes on another electric-car project. Tesla also announced during the meeting that it had already taken in $40 million worth of advanced sales for the upcoming Model X electric crossover that debuted recently.
Under the pact with Mercedes, Tesla is to provide battery packs, electric motors, gearboxes, inverters and all related software. No other details on the collaboration were revealed, however.
Mercedes’ performance arm AMG has its own E-Cell electric car in the works based on its SLS AMG supercar, and a battery supplier and technology partner for this particular car has already been announced: Deutsche ACCUmotive.
Deutsche ACCUmotive is also the official partner for the production version of last year’s B Class E-Cell Plus concept, a range-extended electric version of the new Mercedes B Class, so we can rule that model out as well.
One possibility is an electric version of the new third-generation A Class, perhaps a continuation of the previous A Class E-Cell project.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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