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Mercedes-Benz to Produce 500 E-Cell A-Class Electric Cars

NY Times -- Mercedes-Benz, as part of its collaboration with Tesla Motors, will produce 500 battery-powered “E-Cell” versions of its small A-Class, introducing the car at the Paris auto show in October.

According to Shirin Emeera, a Daimler spokeswoman, details of the electric car will be announced on Sept. 15. She said the car would be produced at the Mercedes Rastatt plant, near Stuttgart, Germany, where the A-Class (which is not sold in the United States) is produced. Delivery of the cars will begin early next year.

Tesla’s components, which include the battery pack and controller, will be shipped there to be integrated into the car.........

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Submitted Aug 27, 2010 By: Cakes77

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ERO Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:19,100 Points:3,219,880 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Aug 29, 2010 9:07:13 AM Ignore ERO Report Abuse It does look like a Honda... blah
ERO Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:19,100 Points:3,219,880 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Aug 28, 2010 6:52:47 AM Ignore ERO Report Abuse Bring em over. Glad to see MB in this segment.
TomJDriver Champion Author London Posts:1,036 Points:302,340 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Aug 28, 2010 2:20:05 AM Ignore TomJDriver Report Abuse "According to Ms. Emeera, markets for the E-Cell had not yet been determined, but Mr. Straubel said it was unlikely the car would be sold in the United States." This put a damper on my excitement. Canada likely won't get it either then.
batloverNM Champion Author Albuquerque Posts:3,223 Points:1,171,515 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 5:23:07 PM Ignore batloverNM Report Abuse The USA needs electric cars so we won't import so much oil.
afghaned Champion Author Hamilton Posts:8,534 Points:825,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 12:41:18 PM Ignore afghaned Report Abuse Rastatt is just outside Baden-Baden which is about an hour west of Stuttgart. I lived on the outskirts of Rastatt & Baden-Baden for eight years. Rastatt also has a Michelin tire plant on the southern outskirts. Good to see technology being exported for a change.
BMW2014 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,794 Points:364,300 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Aug 27, 2010 12:09:25 PM Ignore BMW2014 Report Abuse Good news.