Mercedes has a big lineup of pure electrical fashions, however none of its bespoke EVs are significantly straightforward on the attention. That’s all about to vary with the introduction of the 2025 Mercedes CLA EV, noticed right here quietly present process cold-weather testing close to the Arctic Circle.

Its design will keep true to the Idea CLA-Class design examine that previewed it, which does away with the awkward proportions of Mercedes’s present taste of electrical sedans. It appears rather a lot just like the gas-burning CLA, with a low-slung look, huge muscular flanks, and a coupe-like roofline. It is going to actually grow to be the best-looking electrical Mercedes when it debuts in 2025 to tackle the Tesla Mannequin 3.

The Mercedes CLA goes electrical

Mercedes created the four-door coupe physique with the introduction of the CLS, which it then distilled into the smaller CLA that’s going electrical for its third technology.

It ought to cost about as rapidly as its Tesla rival, although, as much as 250 kW, sufficient so as to add 248 miles of vary in quarter-hour, and its 800-volt structure ought to assist it function extra effectively too. Mercedes will implement classes realized from the EQXX to make the electrical CLA do about 5.2 miles per kilowatt hour of electrical energy consumed and supply a spread of as much as 466 miles WLTP—that equates to a battery pack of over 80 kWh capability.

The CLA would be the first mannequin underpinned by the brand new Mercedes Modular Structure (MMA) that can be utilized for each hybrids and absolutely electrical automobiles. This platform can be used for automobiles larger than the CLA, together with an all-electric C-Class equal mannequin that ought to debut within the subsequent few years.

Mercedes will provide each single- and dual-motor variations of the CLA, and the highest efficiency fashions will put on AMG badges and have a extra aggressive exterior. If the producer retains the configuration proven within the idea, base variations of the CLA EV ought to be rear-wheel drive, though this can in all probability solely apply to electrical fashions constructed on the MMA platform—the primary two generations of gas-burning CLA have been front-wheel drive automobiles.

The pair of camouflaged CLA prototypes noticed by CarSpyMedia present that most of the idea’s design components will make their approach into the manufacturing car. The robust shoulder crease that gave the examine numerous presence continues to be there, and the design of the hind lights appears to intently mirror what we noticed on the idea.

The video doesn’t give us a very good look inside the electrical CLA, however identical to with the outside, you possibly can count on a extra toned-down model of what Mercedes confirmed on the idea. The only-pane dashboard design can be current on the manufacturing automotive, and it ought to mark a giant departure from the tablets-on-top-of-the-dash look that the present CLA and different Mercedes fashions have.