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Gimme at least unlimited miles for 500 bucks a month lease, MBB!
ILETRIC said:Gimme at least unlimited miles for 500 bucks a month lease, MBB!
TonyWilliams said:or about 184 cars per year.
So important that they will flood the market with 184 EVs a year?TonyWilliams said:“California is truly one of the most important markets in the world,” said Dietmar Exler, who became vice president of sales for Mercedes-Benz USA on Jan. 1, 2014
TomT said:If all they care about is CARB, they shouldn't have to do anything to sell that many... However, since they are planning to offer it across the nation next year, it would appear that they may have loftier goals...
TonyWilliams said:or about 184 cars per year.
evnow said:Seems to me MB is a little more committed to EVs than Toyota/Honda/Fiat and other pure compliance car makers.
But there is almost no marketing support for MBED and there is little support even in terms of putting up a lease rate on their website, for eg. Initial report I see on FB is that dealers are confused about leasing options. So MBED may turn out to be like FFE - sold everywhere, but not really.
Only thing that might propel MB is to be one up over BMW i3. With little investment if they can sell more than i3 - they would like that idea. But then, I remember Ford fans claiming FFE will outsell Leaf :lol:
Every morning this week I've turned on the KTLA morning news and seen at least three of these ads for the MBED. MB actually seems interested in selling these, especially since they are quite far ahead of their originally planned launch date.evnow said:But there is almost no marketing support for MBED and there is little support even in terms of putting up a lease rate on their website, for eg. Initial report I see on FB is that dealers are confused about leasing options. So MBED may turn out to be like FFE - sold everywhere, but not really.
TonyWilliams said:I will bet you $100 that they bring a fuel cell to market for 2018.
TomT said:The current B platform was designed from the get-go to be a FCV and an EV, as well as an ICE, so I think that is a no brainer...
TonyWilliams said:I will bet you $100 that they bring a fuel cell to market for 2018.
TonyWilliams said:"We tried to sell the electric cars but nobody wanted them."
They've been running that ad quite frequently here in the Bay Area as well, half "You Only Live Twice", half "Frankenstein". Nissan has been running a newish LEAF ad a lot. A Bay Area Fiat dealer has been advertising the 500e on the local PBS station, and I've certainly been seeing 500es a lot more frequently the past two months. Haven't seen any i3 ads to date (or any cars, FTM), but with the order backlog maybe they figure they don't need them yet.Devin said:Every morning this week I've turned on the KTLA morning news and seen at least three of these ads for the MBED. MB actually seems interested in selling these, especially since they are quite far ahead of their originally planned launch date.evnow said:But there is almost no marketing support for MBED and there is little support even in terms of putting up a lease rate on their website, for eg. Initial report I see on FB is that dealers are confused about leasing options. So MBED may turn out to be like FFE - sold everywhere, but not really.
Devin said:Every morning this week I've turned on the KTLA morning news and seen at least three of these ads for the MBED. MB actually seems interested in selling these, especially since they are quite far ahead of their originally planned launch date.evnow said:But there is almost no marketing support for MBED and there is little support even in terms of putting up a lease rate on their website, for eg. Initial report I see on FB is that dealers are confused about leasing options. So MBED may turn out to be like FFE - sold everywhere, but not really.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrsMRgqH4AE[/youtube]
I will be called to return to the dealership for the update to be installed
mkjayakumar said:You mean they don't do 'Over the air' updates? Thats odd.
mkjayakumar said:I will be called to return to the dealership for the update to be installed
You mean they don't do 'Over the air' updates ?. Thats odd.
redLEAF said:EPA is posting only 3 miles more total range on the MBZ - B-class ED as well as the LEAF beats both the i3 and B-class on total range ... not saying it's right or wrong as YMMV but this puts a damper on expecting much more range even with a larger battery (but heavier as well) EV. No mention of 'range extender' but it's not supposed to be used on a regular basis anyway so was not included in calculations.
http://fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=35207&id=35247&id=34699&id=34775
It's still of interest to me but perhaps less so now that Nissan will sell us replacement batteries post warranty --- as these start to roll out in the zero emissions states it will be good to see some 'real world' range numbers. The smart ED I was originally considering is rated at 68 miles of total range by the EPA --- this is indeed 'conservative' as one I tested last weekend had an indicated 60 miles of range showing at 80% charge (or about 75 miles at full charge if you can believe the GOM) ... as always, would expect better range during moderate temps.
In searching for someone who might have started a personal ownership blog on this car I came across this video review from one of my favorite pundits on CNET Brian Cooley (love him or leave him, he doesn't typically hold back)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc4lXBwxUZ4[/youtube]
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