The new electric Mercedes CLA can apparently do 1,270km (789 miles) with just two 10-minute charging stops, according to the engineers in charge of the project. The feat is made possible by the car’s chunky 85kWh battery, plus the new MMA platform’s cutting-edge 800v electrical architecture and ultra-rapid charge speeds; Mercedes claims the car can “add 300km (186 miles) in 10 minutes”.
Mercedes recently revealed that the CLA, under test conditions, had managed a total of 2,309 miles in 24 hours at the Nardo Technical Centre in southern Italy – with the car travelling at an average speed of 154.9km/h (more than 96mph). Timo Stegmaier, senior manager for the CLA’s electric drive system, told us the car had been charged “40 times, and each charging break was 10 minutes”.
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