新一代奔驰A级车发布并在多个国家上市，奔驰正在开发其新的版本。除了轿车和跨界车外，奔驰还将推出一款插电混动车，据报道，该车将于明年发布。这款车将搭载一台1.3升汽油引擎，功率121千瓦/163马力，另有一台电机位于后轴，可额外提供66千瓦/90马力功率。这样的布局将使得这辆A级车成为一辆全驱车型，因此预计该车将被命名为A250e4Matic。年初发布的标准版内装官图显示，混动版的纯电动续航里程约为50公里，不过这一点目前车厂并未确认。除了A250e4Matic，奔驰还将推出一款动力更低的车型，该车搭载经过功率调低的1.3升引擎，功率101千瓦/136马力，但搭配的电机没有变化。这款车或许会被命名为A220e4Matic。最近谍照记者拍到了A级混动版原型车，从图片看，这款车的外观设计与汽油和柴油车型并没有明显不同。这两款插电混动车将是新一代A级车的唯一两款电动版本，奔驰并没有推出A级纯电动车的计划。不过，奔驰计划推出一款基于MFA2平台，但车身更小的纯电动掀背车，该车将与EQ车系组成奔驰的电动车家族，而这款车将成为入门级电动车。A级混动版最早将在今年10月的巴黎车展发布，而更小的EQ电动车将于2020年底上市。
Mercedes A-Class Hybrid Could Get Electrically Driven Rear Axle
The new generation A-Class is already out and on sale in some countries, and Mercedes-Benz is working on additional versions for the cute hatchback. Aside from the sedan and crossover variants planned, the German company is also cooking up a plug-in hybrid model that, according to a recent report, should be revealed next year.
Autocar claims the hybridized powertrain of the A-Class PHEV will combine a 1.3-liter gasoline engine with 163 horsepower (121 kilowatts) and an electric motor on the rear axle, providing additional 90 hp (66 kW). This layout will basically turn the A-Class into an AWD vehicle, hence the A250e 4Matic predicted name. Official interior images of the standard A-Class from earlier this year suggested the hybrid will have an all-electric range of approximately 31 miles (50 kilometers), but nothing can be confirmed at the moment. The engineers of the company are reportedly also prepping a less powerful system, which uses a slightly detuned version of the 1.3-liter engine with 136 hp (101 kW) and the same electric motor for the rear wheels. This more affordable option should wear the A220e 4Matic name, according to our British source.
Our spies have already caught a prototype of the hybrid A-Class on tests, and the first photos revealed the design of the electrified hatch won’t be drastically different to the conventional gasoline and diesel variants.
The two PHEVs will be the only electrified models in the new A-Class range, as Mercedes has no plans to bring a fully-electric vehicle with the same name to the market. However, a similar-sized, all-electric hatchback based on the MFA2 platform will be developed to join the automaker’s EQ family of EVs, taking the role of an entry-level option.
The hybrid A-Class could be revealed as early as October this year during the Paris Motor Show, while the smallest EQ electric vehicle should arrive by the end of the decade.