During the period when interest in electric cars increased Mercedes It was one of the companies that made grand plans for the new generation of cars. The German car giant realized that its plans for electric models were too ambitious and instead invested an undisclosed amount in internal combustion engines.

Mercedes is investing in its automotive division only this year. More than 491 billion TL It had allocated a budget of (14 billion euros). This budget covered both combustion engines, electric vehicles and digitalization efforts. The company’s CEO, Ola Lallenius, said that there are combustion engines by 2030 He stated that they will continue to be used and that they need to make a major investment in powerful engines that meet legal limitations.

New engine comes to the S-Class

Kallenius said in his statement that before 2026 to the S-Class As an example, he showed the upcoming update. Under normal circumstances, the German company would have been satisfied with just making up the car for this update, but in the new period it was decided to update the engine as well.

In the automotive industry combustion engine companies that will continue to produce, with an emphasis on cleaner and environmentally friendly engines Euro 7 and China 7 They will have to comply with the regulations. To develop tools that comply with these regulations, companies must allocate serious resources to their research and development departments. On the other hand, Mercedes also states that it will not give up on its plan to become climate neutral by 2040.