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The Mercedes B-Class EV, on sale in early in 2014, reflects the view of senior Mercedes executives that most U.S. consumers who will buy electric cars will use them for limited purposes, such as short daily commutes, and rely on larger, conventional vehicles or plug-in hybrids for longer trips.
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The new Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive is based on the conventionally powered B-Class, which has become a bestseller in many countries since its market debut in 2011.
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The vehicle will very likely resemble Mercedes-Benz's B-Class, which is scheduled to go on sale in Europe in late summer.
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Mercedes hasn't detailed B-Class pricing.
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Mercedes-Benz applies its familiar, high safety standards to the B-Class Electric Drive.
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Local emission-free electric vehicles such as the new B-Class Electric Drive are a major part of the Mercedes-Benz strategy for sustainable mobility.
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Bearing the Mercedes star as an unmistakable trademark, the B-Class Electric Drive will be launched first in the USA at the beginning of 2014, where it will be the first luxury battery electric car from Mercedes-Benz in the market.
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Mercedes-Benz has the A-Class E Cell, sold only in Europe, and the B-Class F-CELL, but plans to debut the SLS-AMG E Cell in a battery electric version by 2013.
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As a particularly versatile vehicle concept, the B-Class also allows environmentally friendly motoring at the Mercedes level thanks to its innovative electric drive.
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Since going on sale in late 2011, Mercedes said it has received 100, 000 orders for the new B-class, which it also builds in Rastatt, Germany.
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