The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive which shown as a concept car last year at Paris now finally has made its debut, in production trim, at the 2013 New York Auto Show, and it is set to be officially launched first in the USA at the beginning of 2014.

The B-Class Electric Drive is the Mercedes-Benz’s first battery-electric car. It based on the Mercedes-Benz B-Class gasoline/ diesel version which exclusively made for European market, but it sports a new electric motor powered by a 28 kWh lithium-ion battery – which is located under the floor – insted of B-Class’s petrol or diesel engine. Read the rest of this entry »