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Price: TBA Engine: dual asynchronous electric motors, 80 kWh battery pack Transmission: single-speed auto Power: 390 kW Torque: 760 N.m 0-100 km/h: 5,1 seconds* Top speed: 180 km/h* Touring range: 355 km* Rivals: Audi E-tron; Jaguar I-Pace

+ stellar refinement; acceleration - range shrinks quickly; extremely heavy

Over the past century and a quarter, Mercedes-Benz has – more often than not – been the carmaker that set the agenda for others to follow. The Three-pointed Star had electric vehicles

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