Interview with Markus Schäfer at Auto China 2024

Transcript

00:00 The new electric G-Class is absolutely an authentic G-Class.

00:05 This was the clear goal of our development activities.

00:09 There were so many details and there are so many details of a G-Class

00:14 that made the G-Class so successful in 45 years.

00:18 So we are basically just changing the drivetrain.

00:22 The whole drivetrain of the electric G-Class is very, very special.

00:27 And it's different compared to other electric vehicles of Mercedes-Benz.

00:32 The electric G-Class has four different motors.

00:35 So close to each wheel there is an electric motor

00:38 and you can control them individually, every single one, by software.

00:43 So ultimately you can produce driving conditions

00:47 that a combustion G-Class cannot offer.

00:51 Like the G-Turn, a 360-degree spin,

00:54 like the G-Steering, cornering around tight corners, crawling.

01:00 These are functions that no combustion G-Class can do.

01:03 can do.

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