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Mercedes CLA 250 is how future EVs should be. Here is why

With an 85.5 kWh battery, the sedan has an incredible tested range of 792 km, which has been possible due to its extremely slippery shape and a very efficient motor.

I often talk to myself while driving, but I don’t expect a car to talk back to me, let alone have a full-fledged conversation of sorts. But that’s what happened when I drove the new Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 . 

It is the German manufacturer’s latest and greatest car, and the first vehicle built on their new MMA platform. It features multiple artificial intelligence platforms integrated directly into the vehicle — ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Bing. 

So yes, I was talking to AI while driving and figuring out where to go, which is quite interesting. This is all powered by the Nvidia Drive Orin system-on-a-chip, which is capable of delivering 508 trillion operations per second. Mercedes has partnered with Nvidia for MB.OS, its own operating system developed by thousands of engineers at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) in Bengaluru.

But while having a conversation with a car is cool, how about the driving experience of the new CLA?

It’s pretty good actually. In fact, the CLA 250 is........

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