- The Mercedes CLA is the primary EV to characteristic each CCS1 and NACS charging ports.
- Each ports are on the fitting aspect of the car below the identical charging port door.
- The Mercedes CLA will debut subsequent 12 months with absolutely electrical and hybrid powertrains.
Most producers promoting electrical autos within the U.S. have introduced that they may start switching from the standard Mixed Charging System (CCS) plug to Tesla’s North American Charging Normal (NACS) plug this 12 months and subsequent. Tesla’s slimmer, sleeker plug kind is predicted to change into the most typical kind of charger within the coming years, and including entry to the Tesla Supercharger community will probably be a godsend for American EV drivers in all places. 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 fascinating right here.
Whereas in Germany at Mercedes’ Sindelfingen manufacturing unit, InsideEVs discovered that it’s going to truly include each NACS and CCS charging ports—a really distinctive proposition. If that’s commonplace sufficient, the 2 charging ports will probably be situated on the fitting aspect of the automotive, stacked one on prime of the opposite below the identical charging port door.
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Mercedes CLA Teaser (2025)
Mercedes not too long ago printed a set of teaser pictures that includes a thinly veiled CLA prototype sporting 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 car within the teaser photographs was the EV, which solely had one charging port door on its proper flank. It can 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 enormously 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 generally 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 seems to be 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 can spawn three extra fashions, together with a taking pictures brake CLA and two crossovers (one in every of which can in all probability 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 remains to be formally restricted to 250 kW of energy (though Tesla desires to improve it to supply over 300 kW), so you’ll seemingly want a 350 kW CCS station to have the ability to match the official energy declare.
