- The Mercedes CLA is the primary EV to characteristic each CCS1 and NACS charging ports.
- Each ports are on the fitting aspect of the automobile below the identical charging port door.
- The Mercedes CLA will debut subsequent yr with absolutely electrical and hybrid powertrains.
Most producers promoting electrical automobiles within the U.S. have introduced that they’ll start switching from the standard Mixed Charging System (CCS) plug to Tesla’s North American Charging Customary (NACS) plug this yr and subsequent. Tesla’s slimmer, sleeker plug sort is predicted to turn into the most typical sort of charger within the coming years, and including entry to the Tesla Supercharger community will probably be a godsend for American EV drivers in every single place. Mercedes would be the first German automaker to take action beginning with the upcoming CLA-Class EV. However the Silver Arrow model is doing one thing very novel and attention-grabbing right here.
Whereas in Germany at Mercedes’ Sindelfingen manufacturing unit, InsideEVs discovered that it’s going to really include each NACS and CCS charging ports—a really distinctive proposition. If that’s common sufficient, the 2 charging ports will probably be situated on the fitting aspect of the automotive, stacked one on high of the opposite below the identical charging port door.
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Mercedes CLA Teaser (2025)
Mercedes lately printed a set of teaser pictures that includes a thinly veiled CLA prototype carrying revealing camouflage, which appeared to have flaps on each flanks. We thought it signaled the arrival of a plug-in hybrid variant. Nonetheless, Mercedes confirmed that the automobile within the teaser pictures was the EV, which solely had one charging port door on its proper flank. It’s going to solely make the pure electrical or non-plug-in hybrid CLA with a brand-new engine and hybrid system.
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Having the 2 most typical sorts of charging ports will tremendously enhance the CLA’s versatility, giving homeowners the liberty to cost from Tesla Superchargers or any nationwide public quick charging community natively with out the necessity for an adapter. These adapters have typically confirmed problematic, and eliminating the necessity for one will lead to a greater consumer expertise, which is what Mercedes is banking on with the CLA.
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We noticed loads of camouflaged CLA prototypes driving across the Sindelfingen manufacturing unit, and it appears to be like like a much bigger and extra grown-up automotive than its predecessor. It’s additionally the primary to be constructed on the 800-volt Mercedes Modular Structure (MMA), which is able to spawn three extra fashions, together with a taking pictures brake CLA and two crossovers (considered one of which is able to most likely be a GLB-like seven-seater).
The high-voltage platform permits the CLA EV to cost at as much as 320 kilowatts, sufficient so as to add 186 miles (300 kilometers) in 10 minutes with en-route preconditioning. It’s price noting that even the newest V4 Tesla Supercharger continues to be formally restricted to 250 kW of energy (though Tesla needs to improve it to supply over 300 kW), so you’ll doubtless want a 350 kW CCS station to have the ability to match the official energy declare.
