cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/46045941
“We need a reality check. Otherwise we are heading at full speed against a wall,” Mercedes chief executive Ola Kaellenius told the Handelsblatt business daily of the 2035 goal, adding that Europe’s car market could “collapse” if it goes ahead.
The current Mercedes leadership is notoriously incompetent. They’d rather dig their own grave than get with the times. Funny that they are trying to cling to the combustion engine now right after they lost the Chinese EV market.
Crazy part is that Mercedes makes pretty good EVs - unlike some of the other German manufacturers which struggled a bit, and even though they seem to have the main platform worked out by now still have shitty software. Mercedes software is usable and rock solid - which I didn’t expect when we were buying one last year.
In the area I’m living in here in Finland EV Mercedes seems to be the most popular choice currently - the number of EVs is rising very fast, with pretty much all brands present, but a clear majority is Mercedes.
Isn’t the EQS not up to usually Mercedes quality and got cancelled not a full cycle in?
Yes, they basically rebootet their entire endeavors and will bring their new platform to market starting with the CLA EV. This will also be their first EV with 800V architecture.
Well we’ll see if their EVs are good