2019 Mercedes-AMG G 63 The Mercedes-Benz G-Class has been a long-standing staple of the German brands stable, and, like everything these days, its now set to get the green-car treatment, in the form of electrification.According to a speech at the Automobilwoche Kongress in Berlin on Thursday, Daimler CEO Ola Kllenius confirmed the iconic SUV will be going full EV.It isnt likely well see the electric vehicle, which could be dubbed the EQG, in the near-future. Battery tech still has a long way to go before it can take the G-Class any sort of distance on pure electric power, meaning it likely wont be one of the 10 EVs that Mercedes-Benz plan to release by 2022.#Daimler CEO Källenius: ”There will be a zero-emission #EV version of the #MercedesBenz G-Class. In the past there were discussions whether we should eliminate the model, the way I see things now Id say the last Mercedes to be built will be a G-Class #AMWKongress #eMobility pic.twitter.com/tAS6tzpR3Y Sascha Pallenberg 潘賞世 (@sascha_p) November 7, 2019Mercedes-Benz will first release a plug-in hybrid model before we see the full EV, and both could be slotted under the AMG brand. The automaker plans to introduce electrification across its range, and with the powerful V12 soon making its departure, itll need something to fill that gap in performance. The current clientele of G-Class owners seems to, at least partly, be made up of egoists with too much money who want a 500-horsepower truck, so were not sure how an electric model will fare.Of course, the fact you get all the torque all the time with electric motors might impress those who like to stamp the loud (or in this case, quiet) pedal 0.1 milliseconds after the traffic light turns
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