Article by:
Craig Cole
Even though they’ve matured significantly in recent years, becoming a viable transportation option for countless drivers, electric vehicles are still largely an emerging technology, one that has a long way to go before internal combustion is dethroned. Moving in this direction, there’s always something going on in the world of hybrids and EVs, much more than we can typically cover here at TopSpeed. Accordingly, here’s our weekly roundup of EV news that may have slipped through the cracks.
To help build brand awareness and have a little fun, too, Mercedes-Benz is partnering with a range of creators from the design, music, and sports industries. The automaker’s Class of Creators will highlight the work of five artistic visionaries, including Colm Dillane, a fashion designer and the creative head of KidSuper.
According to the automaker, “With ‘Class of Creators,’ Mercedes-Benz takes these collaborations to the next level. This is the first time the automaker has given its creative collaborators carte blanche to explore the ideas of individualization, aesthetics, and design with one of its models.”
Colm Dillane was given a new CLA all-electric sedan to use as a blank canvas, to modify as desired. The artist transformed this vehicle into a superhero car, one that rolls on turbine-inspired wheels, features a front-mounted winch, is fitted with a roof rack, and wears “patchwork-inspired elements featuring KidSuper's ‘Kissing Face’ motif.” In short, this art car looks like it’s ready for the apocalypse.
In other Mercedes-Benz news – something much more down to earth – the German luxury automaker is hard at work testing its new VLE all-electric van, and the unique architecture this spacious people-hauler is based on.
Billed as a “grand limousine,” the VLE will seat up to eight people, while the related VLS will “define a unique segment of its own that bestows true greatness to automotive luxury.” Ensuring these high-riding vehicles can deliver, Mercedes-Benz took some prototype models from Stuttgart to Rome, a distance of nearly 680 miles. To complete this journey, which involves plenty of steep mountain roads and congested city streets, the van only needed two 15-minute charging stops, oh, and about 13 hours in total to complete. Read more...
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