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phoenix auto news on september 4, mercedes-benz group announced plans to invest more than rmb 10 billion and rmb 4 billion in its passenger car and light commercial vehicle businesses respectively with its chinese partners to further enrich china's "smart manufacturing" product lineup.

mercedes-benz will start producing the new pure electric long-wheelbase cla model exclusively for china, the new long-wheelbase gle suv model, and the new luxury pure electric mpv based on the van.ea platform from 2025. among them, the new long-wheelbase gle suv model is the first to be developed by a chinese team.

china is one of the most important markets for mercedes-benz in the world. mercedes-benz group's strategic layout for transformation, advanced technological innovations, and the latest blockbuster products will continue to be launched in china at the "china speed".

"the chinese market is one of the important pillars of the mercedes-benz group's global strategy and an important driving force for our electrification transformation and technological innovation. mercedes-benz has always been committed to long-term investment in china, deeply participating in and supporting the upgrading of china's automobile industry. while constantly exceeding the expectations of chinese customers, it continues to enhance the competitiveness of mercedes-benz in china and around the world. we will continue to uphold the original intention of 'developing in china and advancing with china' and work with chinese partners to share long-term development opportunities." said ola källenius, chairman of the board of management of mercedes-benz group ag.

specifically, starting from 2025, mercedes-benz plans to produce new models based on the new mercedes-benz modular architecture (mma) platform in its joint venture with baic group, beijing benz automotive co., ltd. (beijing benz), including a new pure electric long-wheelbase cla model tailored for chinese customers.

the cla-class concept car exhibited last year adopts an efficient 800-volt electrical architecture and a class-leading two-speed transmission. the comprehensive energy conversion efficiency from battery to wheel reaches 93%, which can achieve a range of 400 kilometers after charging in 15 minutes, and bring an excellent energy efficiency performance of 12 kwh/100 kilometers, making it a "1-liter fuel car" in the electric era.

in the future, all new medium and large models of mercedes-benz light commercial vehicles will be based on the modular and scalable van.ea electrification platform. the announced investment will partially support fujian benz automotive co., ltd. (fujian benz) to produce a new luxury pure electric mpv based on the van.ea platform. china has always been an important market for mercedes-benz's light commercial vehicle business. the v-class mpv and vito have won a wide range of customer groups from family users to business elites. in the future, the production of the new pure electric mpv on the van.ea platform will further enrich mercedes-benz's new energy vehicle lineup in china and accelerate the electrification of its light commercial vehicle business.

in addition, mb.os, a new architecture independently developed by mercedes-benz, will be launched in 2025 with the new mma platform models, providing a new mbux virtual assistant supported by 3d graphics technology and a large language model, as well as the luxury brand's first "picture-free" end-to-end full-scene intelligent driving system, which will bring a new digital luxury experience to chinese customers.

another focus of this investment will be the local r&d and production of the new long-wheelbase gle suv model exclusively for china. in recent years, the chinese r&d team has done a lot of work for the localization of this model. the new long-wheelbase gle suv model will be developed and put into production in china, bringing chinese customers a new luxury experience with china-exclusive rear-seat comfort and leading smart technology. the new long-wheelbase gle suv model is another result of mercedes-benz's continuous deepening of localization centered on the needs of chinese customers.