Mercedes to stop production of petrol cars by 2015
By admin on Jun 29, 2008 in Environment, News, Energy
By 2015 German car giant Mercedes hopes to completely remove petrol powered cars from its range of vehicles. This means within just 7 years they aim to produce only vehicles which run on alternative energy sources, such as battery electrics, fuel cells and highly efficient internal combustion engines that can operate on biofuels.
Mercedes are determined to make their model range run on alternative fuels in order to improve costs, become more eco-friendly and because the oil supply will eventually run out.
Mercedes are set to invest around £7billion before 2014, having already invested £2million on their new long-term Sustainable Mobility plan. This money will be spent on making current Mercedes engines even cleaner and more fuel-efficient while increasing the amount of hybrids, emission-free electric cars and clean-fuel gas engines and the further development of battery and hydrogen-powered vehicles.
