Does Mercedes Benz have the confidence to go fully electrified?

In this year's Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz, which is fighting at home, "aggressively" occupied the entire No. 2 exhibition hall; On the first day of the auto show, Mercedes-Benz "aggressively" successively released a series of cars including the Vision EQS concept car (parameter |**) and other electrified models; Subsequently, Kang Linsong, who made his first appearance as chairman of the board of directors of Daimler AG and global president of Mercedes-Benz Automotive Group, shouted "aggressively" and shouted the bold ...... of "achieving carbon neutrality in the new passenger car lineup by 2039".

All of a sudden, the "old and heavy" Mercedes-Benz in everyone's hearts suddenly became "radical". When the fake news that "Daimler AG has given up on developing the next generation of internal combustion engine technology" was spread,Few people questioned it, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk even tweeted his congratulations. Maybe at this moment, people have accepted Mercedes-Benz's "radicalization", so when fake news appears, people's first reaction is "Well, Mercedes-Benz can do this!"

However, before the "melon-eating masses" were excited, Daimler Group officially came forward to refute the rumors that "Daimler has not made a decision to suspend engine research and development". Despite the official denial, no one underestimated Mercedes-Benz's electrification plan, because goals such as "more than 50% of the company's total sales of electric models by 2030" and "carbon neutrality in its new passenger car lineup by 2039" are enough to shake up the industry. What's going on with this "fake news" incident?

Is Mercedes-Benz ready for an electrified future?

1. Due to the misinterpretation of some **, the fake news of "Daimler gave up the development of internal combustion engines" was spread rapidly, and Daimler officials have come forward to refute the rumors a few days ago.

2. While refuting the rumors, Daimler reiterated its Vision 2039 for an electrified future.

3. Due to the good market prospects, the gradual decline in the cost of power batteries and the increasingly complete charging facilities, Mercedes-Benz has the ability to successfully complete the transition to electrification in the future.

The beginning and end of the "oolong incident" and the "ambition" of Mercedes-Benz

In fact, the source of the "fake news" that "Daimler announced that it will abandon the development of next-generation internal combustion engine technology" comes from the German automotive news **Auto Motor und Sport,** Gregor Hebermel mentioned in an article published on September 17, 2019,Markus Schaefer, head of development at Daimler AG, told the company: "Daimler does not currently have plans to develop next-generation internal combustion engines, and the focus of Daimler Group's R&D efforts at this stage is on electrification, and Daimler is trying to transfer its R&D capabilities from conventional internal combustion engines to the field of electrification." ”

I think it's confident, because its brand awareness is there, and it just needs to be more technologically capable.

The performance of Mercedes cars is still very good. And it's also very windy to drive.

I think there is, but it's just that the time hasn't come yet, so it's not a big problem.

I think he has no confidence, after all, his research is still very shallow.

Yes, there are also some Mercedes-Benz electric cars on the streets now.

I think it's entirely possible that Mercedes-Benz did this, after all, people are people with a base.

I think so. After all, the electric vehicle industry will definitely develop into a major trend in the future.

It must have been fully automated, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.