- The Mercedes CLA is the primary EV to function each CCS1 and NACS charging ports.
- Each ports are on the appropriate facet of the car underneath 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 Customary (NACS) plug this 12 months and subsequent. Tesla’s slimmer, sleeker plug kind is anticipated to develop 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 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 fascinating right here.
Whereas in Germany at Mercedes’ Sindelfingen manufacturing facility, InsideEVs discovered that it’s going to really 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 appropriate facet of the automotive, stacked one on high of the opposite underneath the identical charging port door.
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Mercedes CLA Teaser (2025)
Mercedes not too long ago revealed a set of teaser images 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 car within the teaser photographs was the EV, which solely had one charging port door on its proper flank. It is 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 commonest forms 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 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 facility, and it seems like an even 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 capturing brake CLA and two crossovers (one in every of which is able to 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 most recent V4 Tesla Supercharger remains to be formally restricted to 250 kW of energy (though Tesla needs to improve it to supply over 300 kW), so you’ll possible want a 350 kW CCS station to have the ability to match the official energy declare.
