Battery standardisation throughout Mercedes-Benz's EV range

Mercedes-Benz has provided updated information on its goals for electrification at the annual fiscal statement.

The firm also intends to standardise batteries across all of its EV models

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They have three dedicated EV platforms and roughly 50% of EV vehicles in their lineup.

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Future Mercedes-Benz vehicles will share a single battery architecture with more than 90% of them.

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The German automaker wants to implement a modular battery system across its whole portfolio

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vehicles that consists of components with standardised designs and common interfaces.

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Mercedes claims that cell chemistry and size are the only two distinguishing qualities that will provide

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batteries the essential variation in terms of range, charging, and life performance.

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