When someone wants to change the settings, a physical, machined ring ring emerges from the glass Superscreen. The actual vents are behind the screen, integrated to look like cooling ribs for the screen and act as ambient light sources. The screen shows a pair of turbine-look digital vents at the far corners that act as the climate control interface, the digital vent centers displaying the current settings. The Unity game engine controls 3D graphics on the low-energy mini-LED screen, one of its greatest gee-whiz effects used for the HVAC system. A direct descendant of the full-width screen-slash-instrument panel in the EQXX, the Concept CLA Class interior is based around the "MBUX Superscreen" composed of three displays and set into a single-piece aluminum housing. In the cabin, which looks like a " Guardians of the Galaxy" set, Hyperscreen is out, Superscreen is in. Since this is a concept, who knows if this aspect makes it to production. When those sidelights are off, they're said to take on the look of mirrored chrome. There's more animation possible in the light bands that stretch around to the car's sides "such as welcome and goodbye scenarios" the driver can personalize. The front and rear Mercedes badges are illuminated. Branding works triple time, designers working Mercedes' three-pointed star into the headlights, into animated light bands in the reworked A-frame grille, into the animations that appear in the glass roof, and the taillights. However, the very-low-energy LED light show that begins here and wraps around the vehicle is all about today and the future. Up front, it takes vintage inspiration in its so-called "shark nose" front fascia, named for the very slight forward lean. First, it's larger than the current production CLA, meaning more headroom and legroom for all occupants. The bodywork surrounding the powertrain has a lot going on. ![]() Mercedes says it has measured system-wide energy efficiency of up to 93% in long distance driving, in part thanks to a heat pump that can draw heat out of the ambient air even in sub-freezing temperatures to maintain the battery's ideal operating range. The unit's chiseled down to a weight of less than 243 pounds. The in-house electric drive unit is a compact package containing a 175-kW e-motor with almost no heavy rare earth metals, a two-speed transmission, and power electronics using silicon carbide semiconductors that can handle higher energy densities more efficiently. The production version will be capable of bi-directional charging as well. Mercedes says that at the max 250-kW DC fast-charge rate, the battery will gain 248 miles of range in 15 minutes. Power is routed through an 800-volt electrical architecture. The entry-level pack is lithium-iron phosphate. The long-range chemistry features silicon-oxide anodes in what we expect is a lithium-ion battery chemistry. The cell modules are held in place with adhesive instead of screws, lowering the weight of the pack and supposedly improving stiffness. The new, modular pack is said to take up a smaller volume compared to a current pack of similar capacity. For comparison, Volvo's spec for the battery in the Euro-market 2024 XC40 Recharge is 18.2 kWh per 100 kilometers or 3.2 miles per kWh, roughly one-third less efficient than the Mercedes numbers. ![]() Those numbers mean a battery with around 90 kWh usable to reach 750 km/466 mi. The automaker didn't specify a capacity for the future product, but quoted energy consumption for the high-range pack as 12 kWh per 100 kilometers or 5.2 miles per kWh. ![]() The retail model will offer two battery chemistries, a new pack developed with battery partner CATL being the range champ. Heaps of innovations went into delivering that kind of economy Mercedes said "efficiency is the new currency" in the EV market, so engineers worked to make gains in every component. In sedan form, Europeans are promised a range of more than 750 kilometers (466 miles) on a charge on the WLTP cycle. The entry-level electric will eventually offer four bodystyles: This sedan, a wagon, and two SUVs. In doing so, it sits on the new EV-focused Mercedes-Benz Modular Architecture (MMA), incorporates much of the science that went into the hypermiling battery-electric Vision EQXX, and wraps those advances in sheetmetal reminiscent of the current CLA. Unveiled at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich and called the Concept CLA Class, the battery-electric four-door previews a production car placed at the "entry luxury" gateway to Mercedes' lineup. This is the first step in the next step of the electric revolution happening at Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz Concept CLA Class is huge tech in a small, bright package Said to go up to 750 kilometers on a charge thanks to new battery tech
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