Mercedes Benz: Blue Efficiency package will be available in every class, model series
BlueEfficiency, a very wide selection of green automotive technologies introduced by Mercedes at the Geneva Motor Show, will be available as an option for every single Mercedes Benz automobile. Dr. Thomas Weber, head of supervisory board at Daimler, tells CNBC "we will roll out this technology package from the A class, across the C class, up to the S class (that's as high the classes go). This package will be available for our customers in all model series of Mercedes." The best part the BlueEfficiency package is not the twelve percent jump in fuel efficiency but the fact it's technology that's here today. Check out the video below the fold of a BlueEfficiency test drive.
Gallery: Mercedes-Benz C-class BlueEfficiency
[Source: CNBC]
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rgseidl 5:53AM (3/09/2008)
12% may not sound like much, but implemented across the board this should deliver greater aggregate CO2 savings than low unit sales of two-mode hybrids or other extreme green machines.
Note that Mercedes has not yet included start-stop and intelligent alternator functions into this new Blue Efficiency package. My biggest beef is that it is optional rather than standard equipment (cp. BMW's approach). Experience has shown that consumers are very reluctant to spend money on environmental tech unless most everyone else does as well.
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