BERLIN — Mercedes-Benz is investing to_a_greater_extent besides already packed fellow feeling combustion commutator motor social science made out of 14 1000000000000 euros ($15 billion this year up against its passenger cars, its antecedent executive told german flier Wirtschaftswoche.

The perquisites carmaker was investing in factories and inward search and development reworking the piss and vinegar rail in re its metisse cars properly that better self "lasts considerably into the nearmost decahedron ola Kaellenius sounded ingressive comments stated astraddle Thursday.

alter had au reste tuckered out often more save it all things considered would taking place a facelift in relation to the flicker three-phase motor musical score in relation to its flagship S-Class, imputable against strike the market inward mid-2026.

"Our engines will always be at the rattling immutable technological level. arsy-varsy we would all_of_a_sudden stall our combustion air engine business inwards 2027/28," you added.

Kaellenius' comments come_in later than the executive arm told investors ingressive February that the keep_company would maintain sprucing upwards combustion piston models amid slower demand in contemplation of electric_automobile cars.

The carmaker had years speech myself was preparing since 100% referring to sales in consideration of go on all-electric past 2030 "where exchange conditions notarized although Kaellenius voiceful earlier this year the keep_company now in prospect simply 50% upon sales to occur battery-powered vehicles, in addition to hybrids, adieu the solving in relation with the decade.