“Electric only” deleted, drives from China
The technical basis for the CLA is the MMA (Mercedes Modular Architecture). The new platform was originally intended to be “electric only”, but then switched to “electric first” because electromobility is not developing as initially expected. The MMA can also be equipped with hybridized combustion engines, exclusively four-cylinder. Mercedes sources the engines from Geely in China, and the vehicles are produced in Rastatt, Germany. Other plants that are being converted to MMA are Kecskemét/Hungary and Beijing/China.