Mercedes C-Class Electric driven: new tech, still a proper Merc

The long-running German saloon has gone electric – but it keeps all the strengths that made it greatThe arrival of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Electric seems a seminal moment on the road to full electrification. Here we have the firm whose founder, Karl Benz, patented the combustion-powered passenger vehicle 140 years ago, launching an electric version of the defining model in its line-up.Boss Ola Källenius describes this new EV as designed to “hit the centre of the Mercedes