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Whitestar competition already? Mercedes EV

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Mercedes luxury electric vehicle now more than a rumor

Mercedes luxury electric vehicle now more than a rumor - AutoblogGreen

This post says: "Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has reportedly confirmed that his company is trying to release a high-class EV in 2010."

Not much other details "except to say that the price of the vehicle is dependent on if the batteries will be sold or leased."

Autobloggreen did an older post that said this car might possibly have a range extender and it sounds like it will likely be li-ion powered mid or large sized vehicle.

Mercedes reportedly working on all-electric luxury car - AutoblogGreen

So all that sounds like the Whitestar is already starting to have some competiton.
 
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Daimler plans electric Mercedes vehicles: report - MarketWatch

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Daimler AG plans to introduce a purely electric version of the Mercedes-Benz A- and B-class models, Daimler executive board member Thomas Weber told weekly magazine WirtschaftsWoche in an interview distributed Sunday ahead of publication.

Asked which electric versions of Daimler cars other than the electric version of the smart [sic] model are currently being planned, Weber said "one option would be our current Mercedes A- and B-class." Given the models' sandwich construction technique, these cars would be well suited for alternative power trains, Weber told the magazine.
Anyone know what is meant by this "sandwich construction technique" and how that is relevant?
 
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Daimler plans electric Mercedes vehicles: report - MarketWatch

Anyone know what is meant by this "sandwich construction technique" and how that is relevant?
If I'm not mistaken what they mean by the sandwich construction is that the smaller A and B-series MB's the cabin is designed in a way that in a crash the engine will slide underneath the cabin and you would be riding on top of the sandwich. This is supposedly one of the reasons those small cars are so thin and tall in their design, and the reason the first version of A-series had problems with cars rolling over.
But this is based on my suprisingly flaky memory so please check this somewhere :)

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A-Class Mercedes: Goodbye fuel cell, hello Tesla battery? - AutoblogGreen

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