- A newly designed Mercedes-Benz-CLA class with hybrid and electrical options comes in for the 2026 model year
- AMG will reveal a coordinated version of the electric CLA class in 2026
- The reported output is at least 500 hp, generated by one or more Axialflux electric motors
On Thursday, Mercedes-Benz decreased a third generation compact limousine of the third generation CLA class, which offers buyers the selection of electrical or hybrid drive strands.
There are still versions that are coordinated by Mercedes-Benz AMG, one of which will be one of them Electrical exchange for the CLA 45 electricity. Prototypes for this AMG-defined CLA-Class-EV have been tested, including the Nürburgring, and Mercedes has confirmed that we will see it in 2026.
Mercedes did not provide specifications, but car car, citing comments from led by Mercedes Chief Technical Officer Markus Schäfer At the start of the CLA class in Rome, Axial flux electric motors from Mercedes subsidiary Yasa and a starting edition of 500 hp will be created in the AMG version.
The axial flux engines were previously limited to AMG’s high-end models from Affalterbach Tuner Amg.ea platformThe first one of the electric GT coupé alternative is due next year. However, AutoCar reported that Mercedes’ list of compact vehicles based on the MMA platform’s debut in the new CLA class will also receive technology. This list includes new versions of the CLA-Class shooting brake, the GLB class and the GLA class. However, it is not clear whether everything gets the axial flux engines.
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA class
Axial flux engines are both lighter and smaller than conventional radial flux engines with a similar edition. Some of the designs weigh only 50 pounds, but can deliver around 480 hp. However, making the engines is more difficult than with radialflux engines, which makes it much less cost-effective.
In addition to the engines, it is also expected that electric AMGs benefit from unique battery technologies, Mercedes’ F1 programEspecially in the areas of energy discharge and relaxation, but also in cooling.
The new CLA class is expected to reach the US exhibition rooms by the end of the year and arrive as a model in 2026. The AMG will follow, possibly as a model 2027.
