- The Mercedes CLA is the primary EV to function each CCS1 and NACS charging ports.
- Each ports are on the fitting facet of the automobile underneath the identical charging port door.
- The Mercedes CLA will debut subsequent 12 months with absolutely electrical and hybrid powertrains.
Most producers promoting electrical automobiles within the U.S. have introduced that they’ll start switching from the everyday Mixed Charging System (CCS) plug to Tesla’s North American Charging Commonplace (NACS) plug this 12 months 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 likely 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 attention-grabbing right here.
Whereas in Germany at Mercedes’ Sindelfingen manufacturing facility, InsideEVs discovered that it’ll truly include each NACS and CCS charging ports—a really distinctive proposition. If that’s common sufficient, the 2 charging ports will likely be positioned on the fitting 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 just lately printed 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 automobile within the teaser pictures was the EV, which solely had one charging port door on its proper flank. It should 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 sorts of charging ports will significantly enhance the CLA’s versatility, giving house owners 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 person 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 can spawn three extra fashions, together with a taking pictures brake CLA and two crossovers (certainly one of which can 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 value noting that even the newest V4 Tesla Supercharger remains to be formally restricted to 250 kW of energy (though Tesla needs to improve it to offer over 300 kW), so you’ll doubtless want a 350 kW CCS station to have the ability to match the official energy declare.
