The model will come in two flavors, as we've already mentioned: full electric and a mild-hybrid. The electric models will arrive with an 800-volt architecture and the ability to charge from 10-80% in just 22 minutes on a DC fast charger with CLA 250+ models and offer up to 350 horsepower on the CLA 350 4Matic models.

The first modern Mercedes-Benz model with a front trunk in decades has arrived during an "electrifying" even in Rome, complete with MHEV and EV powertrains

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Initially, Mercedes-Benz will offer the 268-horsepower CLA 250+ with rear-wheel drive and the performance-oriented 349-horsepower CLA 350 4MATIC with all-wheel drive. That’s far more potent than the 221-horsepower four-cylinder mild hybrid driveline offered for 2025.

Mercedes is also bucking the traditional method of introducing a new platform as an ICE vehicle and then wedging the design into an EV platform. Instead, the company is going “EV first,” launching the CLA as an EV first and then later as an internal combustion with a mild hybrid in 2026.

Mercedes-Benz is looking to raise the stakes when it comes to electric vehicles. They have unveiled their new CLA Sedan.