Mercedes-Benz Set For Electric Destiny, Doubles R&D Spending

Mercedes-Benz is gripping the bets open upon what will be a widespread powertrain of the future by concurrently building competing technologies as a electrification of the car gets some-more widespread. The ultimate F800 Character concept automobile that starred at final week’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show is the perfection of a automaker’s investigate, presenting multiform potential electric powertrains in the common platform.

The list includes all-electric drivetrains, range-extender plug-in hybrid technology as well as even hydrogen fuel cells–all of which is destined for prolongation in alittle approach shape or form during Mercedes-Benz.

After this year the automaker will begin trials of a fuel cell powered B-Class hatchback as well as for the next-generation S-Class due in 2012 Mercedes-Benz skeleton to add a plug-in hybrid option. Additionally, Mercedes-Benz will be using the next-generation A- as well as B-Class models to in the future be accessible with all-electric powertrains.

The pass strategy is a judgment of the modular height, the stretchable architecture which can accommodate a accumulation of powertrains together with some-more fit gasoline as well as diesel motor fuel engines as good.

To fund the growth of all this new record, Mercedes-Benz will dual the R&D spending by investing up to $1.4 billion per year over the next dual years. Partial of a reason for the tall costs is also which Mercedes-Benz will be forced to make much of its own components rstherthan than rest upon third party suppliers since most of a technology hasn’t been developed yet.