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Mercedes pay+ turns the car into a payment device; Visa technology

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Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. With the new digital payment service Mercedes pay+, Mercedes-Benz introduces native in-car payments. Subsequently, more card systems will be added and enabled for Mercedes pay+.

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Mercedes-Benz AMG developing standalone electric full-size SUV

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A three-row electric AMG-badged Mercedes-Benz SUV is in the works The EV will ride on a new AMG.EA dedicated EV platform Prototypes are expected to start road testing this winter Mercedes-Benz's AMG performance division is working on an all-electric full-size SUV that will be distinct from anything sold by the main Mercedes brand.

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2026 Mercedes CLA will get CCS and NACS charge ports, hybrid option

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The 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA will be available as an EV and hybrid The electric CLA will be able to add 186 miles of range in 10 minutes It may be the first EV to feature both CCS and NACS charge ports Mercedes-Benz still views the future as electric, though the timeline for the transition’s become a bit fuzzier and longer than anticipated.

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Mercedes-Benz opens battery recycling plant in Germany

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To that end, Mercedes-Benz opened a battery recycling center in Germany. Located in Kuppenheim, in the southern part of the country, Mercedes claimed in a press release that the facility.

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2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA EV teased with focus on efficiency

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A new generation of the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class compact sedan arrives next year, with an all-electric variant as part of the lineup. Mercedes first showed a camouflaged prototype of the CLA-Class EV in October, and on Wednesday it released a further tease in the form of a video of CEO Ola Källenius driving one of the prototypes.

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2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE gets more range, bigger battery

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Certain 2025 Mercedes EQEs get a larger 96.0-kwh kwh battery Mercedes updated the EQE's regenerative brake system software for 2025 The 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE costs $79,050 The Mercedes-Benz EQE electric sedan gets a handful of updates for the 2025 model year, including a bigger battery pack for certain models.

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Mercedes-Benz CLA EV prototype covers 2,309 miles in 24 hours

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A Mercedes-Benz CLA EV prototype toppled a record set by the Porsche Taycan Mercedes drove a CLA EV 2,309 miles in 24 hours around the Nardo test track The Mercedes CLA EV could become the most efficient EV on sale in the U.S. Records are meant to be broken, and Mercedes-Benz has just busted one set by Porsche.

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