Mercedes-Benz will be revealing the compact B-Class hatch that has been built with a powertrain – which is designed to be powered by compressed natural gas. They will be showing this new design at the Washington Auto Show. Mercedes has already produced a dual-fuel version of the B-Class in Europe that can run on either petrol or compressed natural gas or both.
They have hopes that this same model or one even better will make its way to the United States. William Craven – the general manager for the regulatory affairs for Daimler’s Washington office told Automotive News that they want to test it for the U.S. market. “We’re testing the market” he said.
Using compressed natural gas usually has bad gas mileage and has slower acceleration. But Mercedes believes that the price for it will be much lower than that of petrol – which will help to offset the mileage problems. This and the fact that it has cleaner emissions could make it very appealing to consumers.
Related Articles:
Get To Work On Your New Mercedes Folding Bike: We usually only focus on the vehicles created by Mercedes, but when it comes to making something unique, especially by Mercedes, it makes us curious
CLK-DTM To Come To The U.S.: Mercedes’ never brought its limited-edition AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM, the street-legal version of Mercedes DTM (German Touring Car) racing series entry, to the U.S.,but according to
Mercedes Adds New Ingredient To Bluetec Diesels: In order for Mercedes-Benz to continue to reduce emissions they are missing one vital ingredient - urea. They discovered that this fluid is a must