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Mercedes CEO says Tesla is the leader in EVs right now, but new ‘EQ’ brand
will be #1 by 2025
You can’t blame to Germans for not having a long-term vision. In interviews
at the 2016 Paris Motor Show after unveiling Mercedes’ new all-electric ‘EQ
’ brand, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche admitted that Tesla is currently the
leader in electric vehicles, but he plans for his company to catch up to
Tesla and become the new leader by 2025.
When asked by a Bloomberg reporter whether or not Tesla is the main
competitor for Mercedes ‘EQ’, Zetsche said:
“At that point in time, obviously yes. We have set for ourselves a target 5
years ago where we are tracking behind to become the number 1 premium car
manufacturer by 2020, but it looks like we are awful close right now already.
Now we are setting a new target to ourselves and that’s to be the leader in
electric premium vehicles as well – latest by 2025.”
That’s certainly a bold statement for a 9-year prediction. In comparison,
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that anything more than 5 years is an eternity for
him and that’s why all of Tesla’s recently announced vehicle programs,
including the all-electric ‘Tesla Semi’ truck, which will compete with
Daimler’s own truck division, are all planned within the next 5 years.
What the electric vehicle market, or the car market for that matter, will
look like in 2025 is very hard to predict – especially when you consider
what has been going on in electrification and self-driving technology in the
past few years.
Nonetheless, it certainly exciting to see more competition in electric
vehicles, even though it’s in the premium segment.
The ‘Generation EQ’ all-electric SUV unveiled by Mercedes last week will be
the first all-electric vehicle built by Mercedes from the ground-up since the
electric Mercedes B-Class had a Tesla powertrain. 3 more vehicles, two sedans
and another SUV, are expected within the next few years and a total of 10
electric vehicles are expected under the new ‘EQ’ unit by 2025.
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Mercedes CEO说目前Tesla是电动车的龙头没错
但是Mercedes新发表的EQ系列将会在2025超越Tesla成为电动车的龙头
希望说到要做到啊
不管谁当龙头都好，但是要当龙头就必须在性能与续航力这两个电动车最大的指标上领先
目前Benz发表的EQ概念车性能数据最大输出功率为402马力，最大输出扭矩700牛顿米
0-100km/hr加速小于5秒，续航里程500公里
这些数字都比Tesla目前已经量产上市贩售的比较高端的车款要来的弱
而且EQ系列预计2019才要上市
到时候Tesla又不知道进步到哪去了
我是蛮希望Mercedes可以做到当龙头这件事情
但好歹也要有个0-100加速2.5秒内、续航力超过1000公里的车款吧
5秒内、500公里就想当领先者我觉得有点夸大了
附上巴黎车展EQ概念车的照片：
http://i.imgur.com/UpvHli1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rKHNPyI.jpg