Mercedes Benz make the biggest BLUNDER in company history

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The Electric Viking

The Electric Viking

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@Athoughtfulatheist
@Athoughtfulatheist 2 жыл бұрын
Sam you are so close to the 100k threshold! As a long time viewer it is very exciting to see. I remember when you had less than 5k subscribers. The 100k threshold will obviously boost your videos and that is a very good thing for the EV future. You do phenomenal work and provide as unbiased a view as possible, within human norms. I rely on your info. You are such a great resource. I can't thank you enough.
@DetroitMicroSound
@DetroitMicroSound 2 жыл бұрын
Never mind the actual obvious Tesla bias. That doesn't count, huh?
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@alstud1
@alstud1 2 жыл бұрын
Easy reason your channel is getting notice: you continue speaking truth about them all, including Tesla, good or bad. Most EV channels have an agenda, yours is probably the best example of ACTUAL reporting on the subject. I enjoy that while giving Tesla praise when they deserve it, you aren't beyond questioning their sanity when appropriate. Unbiased reporting is what keeps me coming back, and I believe I'm one of many.
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@frankcoffey
@frankcoffey 2 жыл бұрын
Denial of issues and "blame it on the customer" is the German car way. I had the same experience with my first (and last) German car I bought in 1999. My BMW had a serious issue with the drive by wire system and they just continued to blame it on me and say "I wasn't driving it right" or that "I might just not be a BMW person". I agreed with that last one. 😁
@nicynu6202
@nicynu6202 2 жыл бұрын
Not just German cars, this is standard operating procedures for just about all car manufactures.
@vipahman
@vipahman 2 жыл бұрын
The biggest mistake that Mercedes has made is to look to Audi and BMW for market strategy. They are doomed. And your point on the transmission tunnel is spot on. I have a family of 5 and I would not buy an EV with a transmission tunnel. In fact, that is the first thing I look at. Thank EV.
@DetroitMicroSound
@DetroitMicroSound 2 жыл бұрын
The first thing you look at is if a car has a transmission tunnel, or not, because it eats up too much interior space? 🤣 Never mind any of the rest of the car, huh?
@richardgoldsmith7278
@richardgoldsmith7278 2 жыл бұрын
@@DetroitMicroSound it is best to start with your pre-requisites first so you don’t get excited by a feature which you later have to reject because your must have was not there. Why the incredulity?
@lyfandeth
@lyfandeth 2 жыл бұрын
@@DetroitMicroSound If you've spent time in the back seat of a Nissan Murano, or had to put a folding wheel chair or other assistance equipment in the back seat, that huge flat floor becomes a game changer. If you only plan to carry two kids in the back...less so.
@lyfandeth
@lyfandeth 2 жыл бұрын
Sam, perhaps this enlightens you as to why us ICE dinosaurs would love to go electric...but I'd also never marry a four year old, gambling on who she'd grow up to be. EVs, charger nets, assisted driving...I've got enough arrows in my back. Let someone else be the pioneer on this one.
@DetroitMicroSound
@DetroitMicroSound 2 жыл бұрын
@@lyfandeth Most folks who need to lift in and out, a wheelchair, use an SUV, etc. And three people still fit in most back seats. We're all used to putting one foot, either side, middle-back, so it's really not an actual thing, in my opinion. sure, no hump gives more space, but it's truly negligible.
@rocket3man
@rocket3man 2 жыл бұрын
You are right Mr Viking on Mercedes-Benz and it can also be said of legacy auto makers - “they don’t have experience of making an EV”. It took Tesla several years to get the model S right. The Chinese are right they don’t want an ICE car dressed as an EV.
@Byjhbkbhjk
@Byjhbkbhjk 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for discussing issues that others are not addressing!
@frankcoffey
@frankcoffey 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of Mercedes, Audi, and BMW customers who bought their ICE cars didn't buy them based on the technology or features in the car they bought them only because of the brand. They were like designer cloths. So we are not just seeing a comparison of quality we are seeing brand destruction and brand resets.
@DetroitMicroSound
@DetroitMicroSound 2 жыл бұрын
Ok, yea, Audi isn't doing anything exciting at all. They only just built a more hardcore car than the Plaid, personally for Ken Block. Where are Tesla's rally aspirations? What car is Tesla racing? Has it got a Dakar car? nah. Boring rich tech asshole crap. Nothing exciting. People buy Tesla's to be in the cult....
@DetroitMicroSound
@DetroitMicroSound 2 жыл бұрын
Audi, "brand destruction"????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's just plain stupid on the face of it. Tesla will NEVER HAVE THE LEGENDARY AUTOMOTIVE LEGACY OF AUDI.
@brandoYT
@brandoYT 2 жыл бұрын
What about exports??
@DetroitMicroSound
@DetroitMicroSound 2 жыл бұрын
Also, you talk like Tesla buyers DON'T buy a Tesla, to be seen driving a Tesla... 🤣👌
@ConnectingODots
@ConnectingODots 2 жыл бұрын
BIGGEST MISTAKE MB did was SELLING their 10% STAKE in TESLA for $780m. Had they kept it, they would've been valued at 215% their current market cap.
@IJustHitTheFan
@IJustHitTheFan 2 жыл бұрын
True! more than double what they are worth!
@IJustHitTheFan
@IJustHitTheFan 2 жыл бұрын
Love your channel, BTW! Good seeing you here!
@ConnectingODots
@ConnectingODots 2 жыл бұрын
@@IJustHitTheFan 🙏
@IN-hw8it6
@IN-hw8it6 2 жыл бұрын
MB helping out Aston Martin Lagonda nowadays....♥️👍
@davidrosewell1683
@davidrosewell1683 2 жыл бұрын
Missing the Frog with Glasses !
@alfredkcwong5008
@alfredkcwong5008 2 жыл бұрын
Your comments are very truthful.
@SantinoGio
@SantinoGio 2 жыл бұрын
Hi. Do you have any information about the BMW vehicle's problems solving? Is it clear now or do they still have an issue with the fire of the battery? Thanks.
@aeronautauto
@aeronautauto 2 жыл бұрын
The main stream media do not criticise products that spend money on advertising with them.
@MSIContent
@MSIContent 2 жыл бұрын
But I thought that Legacy Auto was going to kill Tesla as soon as they bothered to build their own EV’s?? LOL 😂😂 As an ex BMW fanboy/owner, I’m embarrassed at the crap they are putting into the market now. Having driven my Tesla Model 3 Performance in Australia now since February 2022, I would NEVER go back.
@gregkramer5588
@gregkramer5588 2 жыл бұрын
Have you driven the iX?
@MSIContent
@MSIContent 2 жыл бұрын
@@gregkramer5588 Not driven - but have been a passenger in a mates car. He can't take me anywhere at the moment as it's broken and is subject to a factory recall because of the battery pack... No fix available in AU at the moment. Seriously. Funny how there's nothing in the press about this recall.
@IN-hw8it6
@IN-hw8it6 2 жыл бұрын
The game is about killing the customer 😁
@pan6593
@pan6593 2 жыл бұрын
Sam, I am with another commenter here on this one: What does failing ‚en masse‘ mean in terms of numbers ? Like in percentage or failures vs. sales ? Apart from that detail, good content as always, thank you!
@GrandpaBoyd
@GrandpaBoyd 2 жыл бұрын
He's a Tesla propagandist, paid by Elon, to obfuscate the facts. then his members, etc employ controlled opposition, in order to paint Tesla as a one of the strongest auto makers in the world, which is false.
@s.oliver3687
@s.oliver3687 2 жыл бұрын
Regarding the ICE platform for all motorizations: Here in Germany the car manufactors (at least BMW) propagate the idea of "Technologieoffenheit" (technology openness). They want to produce what customers demand. So they don't concentrate on EVs. Some manufactures hope that E-Fuels (synthetic fossil fuels) will rescue them. (My guess: It will there sinking/decline.)
@ParaSpite
@ParaSpite 2 жыл бұрын
Synthetic _imitations_ of fossil fuels, since they're, you know, not actually dug up from the ground. Still a stunningly stupid strategy.
@wolfgangpreier9160
@wolfgangpreier9160 2 жыл бұрын
They demand the customer to want what the German bosses want to produce and not the other way "They want to produce what customers demand." "Technologieoffenheit" is for sure the Unwort of the decade. It just means you silly customers buy what we want to sell you and not what is good for you or the environment. "Dunkelflaute" is my most favorite word. Its dark! Its silent! Is slooooowww! Muahaha Muahaha MUAHAHA! 🤣🤣😂😂 I though E-Fuel is only made for the Porsche 911? At least thats my information. Only one refinery in Patagonia together with Siemens will even produce any. Nobody else has the money or the amount of energy needed for that fuel, Just like hydrogen. Too expensive and nobody has the energy to produce any.
@decorosoeuropa7212
@decorosoeuropa7212 2 жыл бұрын
Biggest mistake is pulling out their stock with Tesla. This goes the same with Toyota. Now that these companies are going electric, the technical collaboration and cooperation between them and Tesla could well have flourished with all benefitting from their technical expertise.
@nlpnt
@nlpnt 2 жыл бұрын
Given how Elon seems determined to squander his fortune on Twitter, I could easily see M-B and Toyota getting into a bidding war to buy Tesla.
@pan6593
@pan6593 2 жыл бұрын
@@nlpnt The Twitter acquisition doesn‘t affect Tesla. A bidding war would be based on the idea that Tesla is up for sale.
@grantlouw3182
@grantlouw3182 2 жыл бұрын
MB corporate culture shines through. Pretty sure there would have been some short term management incentives vesting 31 July, hence August recall.
@mmmikeyyy
@mmmikeyyy 2 жыл бұрын
I never understood why Auto Expert John Cadogan always calls them the three-progned suppository. Now I think I do...
@geoffreyplatt9251
@geoffreyplatt9251 2 жыл бұрын
Mercedes shafts their customers in Australia too, that’s why he won’t recommend them
@maxpionier5241
@maxpionier5241 2 жыл бұрын
alot of brands is doing this to reach their sales numbers for electric cars. it is a greater advantage to sell a bigger number of cars, than doing them right the first time.
@avatarfin
@avatarfin 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Vike thanks so much for your perception and communication. You just saved me from buying one of those POS's. None of the youtube reviewers of these vehicles even mentioned this at all. Are they paid by MB or what? Anywho bless you a million times over.
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@andrewkaiser7203
@andrewkaiser7203 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like desperation: A combo of needing to make short-term sales numbers look good, and also denial.
@yangkaitan1102
@yangkaitan1102 2 жыл бұрын
Sam - kudos for throwing light on this issue of MB poor judgement that practically no one knows about.
@antonymcneillis
@antonymcneillis 2 жыл бұрын
What about the EQS and EQE. They are built from the ground up.
@gene4390
@gene4390 2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Viking you haven't made a video on the Mazda MX-30 EV. People are saying it is the WORST EV ever made. Transport Evolved thought the car was so bad it should be illegal to sell. Like Mazda is trying to poison the well for new EV adopters.
@ianburnett4605
@ianburnett4605 2 жыл бұрын
Auto Expert' John Cadogan can tell you a thing or two about "The three....." customer service.
@terencehonda
@terencehonda 2 жыл бұрын
G'Day from Switzerland 🙂
@rajanpatel65
@rajanpatel65 2 жыл бұрын
Are the U.K./European models also affected?
@markwerwath3807
@markwerwath3807 2 жыл бұрын
While I agree that Mercedes should not (knowingly) be building defective cars, I recall not that long ago that Electric Viking was heavily criticizing GM for not making enough EVs when they had defective batteries in their BOLT. GM did the right thing and shut down production and deployed their capacity to making new and hopefully good batteries for recall/warranty replacement. You cant have it both ways, either GM was right and MB wrong or maybe they were both wrong somehow.
@buixote
@buixote 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Apple: "You're using it wrong".
@petersimms4982
@petersimms4982 2 жыл бұрын
Such a shame, 20 years ago they were amazing vehicles! Now just expensive junk ! Old brand junkies will still buy them :()
@rodrigosanchezarroyo6283
@rodrigosanchezarroyo6283 2 жыл бұрын
Hola, haces buenos videos, un saludo desde España
@sk.n.9302
@sk.n.9302 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update!
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
Any time!
@grzegorzkapica7930
@grzegorzkapica7930 2 жыл бұрын
Why they kept on selling? Because it is better to have cars payed im customer hands, than unpayed on own parking lots.
@BrisbaneTeslaGuy
@BrisbaneTeslaGuy 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Sam with love and respect clean technica did a story on this in January this year
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
Oh cool!
@stevewong3353
@stevewong3353 2 жыл бұрын
In the US they are charging for over the air updates and SatNav after the first year of ownership.
@awabooks9886
@awabooks9886 2 жыл бұрын
Sooooo close to 100k subs, Sam! 😬 Keep up the fantastic work! 😎
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Will do!
@ahchx861
@ahchx861 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine for a second if Tesla recall 10000 cars for faulty motors, god! the media will jump into them like a dinosaur-extinction level event!.
@mikel4879
@mikel4879 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, Sam! In California there are cities that are already banning the construction of new gas stations. Maybe a new subject for your next new KZbin material.
@nomore5speed
@nomore5speed 2 жыл бұрын
Here in NJ there are quick checks and Wawas giant gas stations everywhere, and they keep building more in every corner. Shocking
@IN-hw8it6
@IN-hw8it6 2 жыл бұрын
Berkeley banned gas in new housing years ago 🌻
@motioncompensation1544
@motioncompensation1544 2 жыл бұрын
While everybody was laughing at Tesla, Tesla was busy learning all the lessons of how to build electric cars. I don’t see how the rest can even begin to catch up now.
@theproffessional9
@theproffessional9 2 жыл бұрын
What about worldwide? Is it only a BAIC/Chinese MB issue?
@johndair2116
@johndair2116 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent Sam, MB is basically giving its Chinese buyers to Tesla, they are already terminally wounded in China but just don’t realise it yet…
@IN-hw8it6
@IN-hw8it6 2 жыл бұрын
Most people don't see no future in communist china nowadays 👍🥰
@sigma_six
@sigma_six 2 жыл бұрын
Best advertising for Tesla
@American_Energy
@American_Energy 2 жыл бұрын
Can’t put wings on a caterpillar and call it a butterfly.
@wolfgangpreier9160
@wolfgangpreier9160 2 жыл бұрын
Yes i can! 😂😂🤣🤣
@paulwilliams200
@paulwilliams200 2 жыл бұрын
Unless they get their act together, it looks like German dominance of the auto industry may soon end. I'll keep my bulletproof 1983 MB 300SD TurboDiesel (in A-one condition) for a while yet - enjoying its value APPRECIATE.
@sun-man
@sun-man 2 жыл бұрын
The sooner German dominance ends, the better. The lies, the cheating, the arrogance ... enough!
@paulwilliams200
@paulwilliams200 2 жыл бұрын
@@sun-man AGREED!
@avatarfin
@avatarfin 2 жыл бұрын
yeah that one was a tank.
@johnmanderson2060
@johnmanderson2060 2 жыл бұрын
100 k subscribers!! 🎉You did it mate ! 🤩🥳
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mate!
@jeremiah6617
@jeremiah6617 2 жыл бұрын
There is a time when consumers will choose an alternative no matter how nice or shiny the badge looks. Automakers need to put real efforts into designing electric vehicles from the ground up. It is harder to rebuild trust in brand reliability than it is to maintain an automaker’s image through the production of quality products. Companies have failed when they failed to innovate and change with the times like Kodak, Blockbuster, Circuit City. Apple at one point was close to failure before Steve Jobs returned to the company and simplified the product lineup and concentrated on a few great products. They should hire a business historian who can help them evaluate and learn from other companies mistakes in order to avoid the same and design a truly exciting, quality, compelling product designed from the start as an electric vehicle but with the other components that Mercedes Benz customers like about the brand.
@IN-hw8it6
@IN-hw8it6 2 жыл бұрын
The future is autonomous! So think, think... brain blast 🥰
@sandmehlig
@sandmehlig 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody know how many cars had been sold knowing that airbags had to be switched out during regular maintenance due to built-in gas-generators not functioning properly over the usual time span (Takata - they closed up and demand could not be met so in stock Takata airbags had to be put in to keep the numbers up). And yes, Teslas can have older versions of chassis components built in that can cease to function prematurely and have been subject of a recall leading to partly shoddy waterproofing repairs - AT Zimmermann is still bickering about those). VW still sold cars knowing that timing belt lengthening could occur that could lead to engine damage and led to customers having to fight for fixes/compensation for damages. So... just breathe.
@pan6593
@pan6593 2 жыл бұрын
Why relax ? All the fails are really really bad and worth making news about! I do remember the airbag-story and I almost couldn‘t believe it back then.
@sandmehlig
@sandmehlig 2 жыл бұрын
@@pan6593 Those fails seem to be part of the business and one hit me personally: Ford constructed the Fiesta front spring-damper combination with a slight angle to each other so that every 30K-40k kilometers springs hat to be replaced - over a few generations of Fiestas. Watching clips on KZbin with 2x speed leads to me sometimes overestimating the emotional involvement of the presenters. 😑
@frankalexander5401
@frankalexander5401 2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! 100,000 subscribers!!
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
🎉
@frankalexander5401
@frankalexander5401 2 жыл бұрын
I remember a few years ago you had 50,000 subscribers!!
@DavidJohnson-gh3si
@DavidJohnson-gh3si 2 жыл бұрын
As you said, this is a JV. Was the decision made in Stuttgart or Beijing?
@felixsu375
@felixsu375 2 жыл бұрын
Also, the BMW costs a lot more than the Model 3. So you're paying more for a lot more useless metal that doesn't do anything.
@allistercindy
@allistercindy 2 жыл бұрын
Been driving a new MB EQC in New Zealand since May 2020. I forwarded your video to our MB branch manager in Auckland. He rest assured me its not the case and sounds like disinformation. So abit confuse as a EQC driver
@ramblerandy2397
@ramblerandy2397 2 жыл бұрын
Whilst all media can be a little alarmist, including in China - witness several staged Tesla incidents in the past, I am also aware that auto companies, certainly of German origin can exhibit an attitude of denial. There's nothing wrong with the car, they'll say. But faults do crop up on occasion, and sometimes they are actual design faults. Probably the worst incidence of design fault denial that I can remember is from BMW in South Korea. It was to do with the fuel supply within the engine compartment [yes, this is an ICE vehicle situation, I'm just illustrating the attitude here]. And btw, this is only 3-4 years back - a seal could leak fuel onto the hot exhaust manifold resulting in abrupt fires starting and people having to abandon the vehicle. This became surprisingly common with owners reporting fires, but BMW denied responsibility. It was not until the South Korean govt banned sales of new BMWs that they took the matter seriously, re-called hundreds of thousands of cars and apologised. And that took a long time after the first cases.
@ericsimonson5852
@ericsimonson5852 2 жыл бұрын
I am utterly unsurprised by this current behavior. I lived in a town that formerly had a major Chrysler engine plant and saw how stupidly they handled the Diamler-Chrysler merger. They were convinced that they shit gold and that the Americans running Chrysler knew nothing about any aspect of auto production. The list of mistakes is too long for here but they ended up losing almost the entirety of their investment. Hubris. Pure and simple hubris. I am sure the M-B brand will still exist--they will be like Jeep--but they will probably be part of a GM--like consortium instead of an independent brand.
@mbarber4089
@mbarber4089 2 жыл бұрын
It does not surprise me that Mercedes electric motors failed. For too long Mercedes has maintained a reputation for quality it does not deserve, I have an internal combustion Mercedes which after 80,000 kms required a $AUD 5000 mechanical repair. I was advised advised that this type of repair is quite common on relatively low km Mercedes. I now drive a Tesla which makes that Mercedes feel like a tractor.
@dudleyp8173
@dudleyp8173 2 жыл бұрын
Please do a Video on this,
@hartfischer5509
@hartfischer5509 2 жыл бұрын
No problem to keep selling them. Mercedes will fix them later, all consumers can trust them with that. I would not worry at all, as long as Mercedes will take care of it. The much bigger problem is, that Mercedes only sold a few thousand of them, when they need to ramp up to hundreds of thousands like Tesla and BYD. Mercedes is right to keep selling and fixing later.
@booobtooober
@booobtooober 2 жыл бұрын
What every American knows is that all the oems here make crap that breaks the day after the warranty expires. If it breaks before the warranty expires, the standard reply is "it meets or exceeds all industry standards and NHTSA requirements" blah blah blah and on and on.
@bobbytaylor7
@bobbytaylor7 2 жыл бұрын
facts are so inconvenient
@L8KY
@L8KY 2 жыл бұрын
Yup, u r right!
@LarryHatch
@LarryHatch 2 жыл бұрын
EQS 450 is $104,000 and gets just 325 (likely 300) miles of range with a 0-60 of 5.9 seconds. Did someone say dinosaur? Is that pretty large screen gonna to make this a must buy? I think not. They admit to 11.25 hours AC charging so no late nights out with the lads or ladies and getting up at 0800 for work is out of the question.
@tony34star
@tony34star 2 жыл бұрын
Mercedes is the most recalled brand in the world and way below average in the jdpower dependability study. You think they know better they been making cars since day one. Than the dealer will tell you there's problems due to the sophistication of Mercedes electronics. "Do not buy" registered with the smart buyers.
@vico5980
@vico5980 2 жыл бұрын
They all do that, even Tesla!
@Lost_Johnny
@Lost_Johnny 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. I didn't know about the failing motors but I am not surprised. I live in Shenzhen and just looking at what people are driving, you barely see Mercedes EVs on the road. They are sold very cheap, obviously at a loss, but if you compare with Leapmotor or even Xpeng, for example, Mercedes EVs are unimpressive.
@CJMVector321190
@CJMVector321190 2 жыл бұрын
I said the same about BMW. You buy one for the engine and transmission. So with EVs how are they different? Oh apart from them doubling the price. I believe the EU car makers are dropping their cheaper affordable cars because the end game is the peasants won’t drive when they have destroyed and robbed you with high taxes.
@wolfgangpreier9160
@wolfgangpreier9160 2 жыл бұрын
??? Which cheaper cars do you mean ??? Toyota? Tata? Piaggio?
@davecai999
@davecai999 2 жыл бұрын
It is unfortunate for MB. Seems that transformation is easy to say than actually doing it. Tesla's success caught many guards off guard -- no one really expect the EV could have taken off so soon and MB was no exception. Diess of VW has been quite courageous and he paid dearly for that and eventually lost his job -- seems MB mgmt team didn't have the gut to do it.
@mrdot1126
@mrdot1126 2 жыл бұрын
to be fair, car makers do this all the time since decades... if you halt the production for weeks/moths, you loose a fortune, if they recall them later its cheaper for them...
@racecrashrepeat
@racecrashrepeat 2 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what the reason was. Typical greed. Mercedes were aware of the issue but they also did not have a solution. They have cars coming of the production line so it would cost too much to store them and not sell them. For customers who already had cars with issues. They denied the issue until a solution was found. Now that they have a plan they agreed to recall. Typical corporate greed.
@r.a.monigold9789
@r.a.monigold9789 2 жыл бұрын
How do you pronounce "Mercedes Benz"? "DUH" Thanks for the ACTUAL news - Electric Viking does it AGAIN.
@dzerres
@dzerres 2 жыл бұрын
Nah, not the biggest, or the most expensive or the deadliest. I think the biggest or at least worst decision was by Ford back in the 1970's to sell the Pinto even though they knew the gas tank could blow up. The lawyers calculated that it would be cheaper to settle future lawsuits than it would be to recall the Pinto and fix the gas tank problem. I never understood why some folks at Ford didn't go to jail for 2nd-degree murder. The VW dieselgate scandal problem was the most expensive recall ever. This MB thing is bad but in only one country. MB will recover even if sales are less in the future from this and from their overall slow approach to EVs.
@Thulebeez
@Thulebeez 2 жыл бұрын
Mercedes is planning on launching they EVs at dealership in South Africa three weeks from now. Viking in light of this new information I was wondering if Mercedes is not just coming and dumping these Faulty EV’s in our country, and to think I was considering the EQA or B
@ianrundle5862
@ianrundle5862 2 жыл бұрын
Heaven knows how we recharge them in South Africa. We can't keep the lights on and the industry working BECAUSE we don't have enough electricity
@AaronHope_Sow
@AaronHope_Sow 2 жыл бұрын
Do one on BMW - iX1 NEEEDS to be in North America ASAP
@pan6593
@pan6593 2 жыл бұрын
Just another ICE-to-EV rebuild! Very unfortunately. Could have been so nice.
@eddiestevenson-kaatsch6306
@eddiestevenson-kaatsch6306 2 жыл бұрын
Merc and BMW... it's as if they were trying to sell petrol/gasoline fired steam cars just as the Model T was ramping up.
@ap5672
@ap5672 Жыл бұрын
Start at 5:15
@charlesrovira5707
@charlesrovira5707 2 жыл бұрын
Good analysis. *Mercedes* is slitting its own wrists in public. Very bad move for future sales.
@igorcok3617
@igorcok3617 2 жыл бұрын
The Biggest Mistake Mercedes ever made was the early 2000 model- the cheap C230 htchback
@KK-qi6mt
@KK-qi6mt 2 жыл бұрын
This is the changing of the guard. It is hard for companies that make ICE engines to turn the ship around. On the other hand it is easy for an electric car company to leap frog them in so far as electric motors are concerned because that is all they sell and that is what they focus on. The issue for me is build and ride quality etc. I still think the traditional car makers build a better car to drive because these companies have been doing it for 100 years. I would stay away from electric during this teething period whether it be from a new company because they don’t have experience in building motor vehicles and the establishment because they don’t know how to fully intergrate their cars with the new technology and they end up with a Frankenstein model.
@sneaky_krait7271
@sneaky_krait7271 2 жыл бұрын
This is why I really like Polestar. Set apart to fully focus on electric, but with Volvo build quality and experience.
@williamscoggin1509
@williamscoggin1509 2 жыл бұрын
This is at Old World power structure families that were the big dogs back in World war I and World war ii. Mercedes Volkswagen Porsche, these families enjoyed the power they wielded in control. Remember Elon Musk was on the way to buying Mercedes and then he saw the problems with their automobiles and the problems mainly with the leadership of the company and he just basically walked away as fast as he could. I know porsha was bragging on there have voltage charging about how fast it was but they were at the same time warning customers not to drive them faster than necessary. And a couple of people online which shows like yours we're talking about Mercedes and Porsche and so on having the high power charging system and they did not understand hasn't gone to this the reason Elon Musk isn't going to the higher voltage charging systems because of product is not as safe as far as heating up and catching on fire. And that was the problem that was going on with some of these European cars Hood solely focused on how fast they can get the car charged. Not only does it cause problems with the car that haven't been designed properly for that yet, but in order for these cars to be charged at home the owner would have to hire an electrician and pay an arm and a leg to get a very high voltage commercial level power and charging unit installed in their house which is not cheap. And then you have the insurance companies who after the Chevy bolt fiasco, some insurance companies will drop your home insurance coverage if you install such high power systems in a residential home. Because it is a fire hazard to them. And then you have the insurance companies that will let you install the equipment by license professional and then raise your insurance rates to a level that the majority of people are not willing to pay. Elon Musk on the other hand is doing everything he can to absolutely perfect the most benefit from every so-called gram of stored energy in his battery packs all at the same time you basically can just drive the car into your garage and plug it into a 120 or a 240 outlet and charge plenty fast without all the risk to the car's systems that would have had three to four times that amount of voltage being shoved through the car while charging and I guess in some cases while driving. These high voltage charging systems and circuitry in these cars not only are not up to snuff in their design yet, but they are way more expensive with way more expensive insurance on the car and your home because of all of the potential fire hazard. And companies like Mercedes are too proud and stubborn to admit that they are barking up the wrong tree. That's about the best I can explain it anyway lol.
@andrewjensen1315
@andrewjensen1315 2 жыл бұрын
Agree wholeheartedly.
@santadam
@santadam 2 жыл бұрын
Mercedes is a longtime luxury brand, has become deeply arrogant at the highest corporate levels and thinks their strategies are brilliant. Same with VW who is also seeing their motors fail.
@vvattup
@vvattup 2 жыл бұрын
“the BIG boys are coming” 🫣🤣
@kuznacbendelejev6924
@kuznacbendelejev6924 2 жыл бұрын
This line is Gold.
@grantguy8933
@grantguy8933 2 жыл бұрын
Wrong. The next one for them is always the biggest one ever until total self annihilation. Stay tuned.
@eddiestevenson-kaatsch6306
@eddiestevenson-kaatsch6306 2 жыл бұрын
Are these arrogant businesses unaware of Chinese law, Chinese justice? You can go the prison for life (literally) or even forfeit your life for behaviour like this.
@reiniernn9071
@reiniernn9071 2 жыл бұрын
You're questioning why MB kept selling. One of the answers could be (my estimate): They had to. Because of climate regulations in the EU. With astronomical fines if their sold cars on average should produce to much CO2. In other words...the EU government is responsible for this "historical failure". With stupid regulations you''ll create stupid results ...such as selling a zero emission car being sure you have to recall that car.....because that's cheaper than those CO2 fines. I do not choose any MB as my car. My car is build on a special EV platform (Korea). Nearly same size as any old MB S class for a fraction of the price And even for that fraction of the price (including required high taxes in the Netherlands on ICE) with complete options including AWD.
@richardgoldsmith7278
@richardgoldsmith7278 2 жыл бұрын
They weren’t the first. Porsche had a serious issue with either their inverters or the dc/dc converter or the on-board charger in the Taycan. (I can’t remember which for sure) some fires were caused. They managed to suppress the widespread news coverage and spent months continuing to sell the cars with the dangerous design while they tried to redesign the offending part before retrofitting as required. They are all desperate to sell their quota of EVs so they can be allowed to sell some ICE vehicles by proportion under the emissions reduction rules.
@sigma_six
@sigma_six 2 жыл бұрын
I love it when Aussies say "weird"... Lol... '; p
@eightssix
@eightssix 2 жыл бұрын
Actually the only reason people buy Mercedes electric vehicles is for CarPlay.
@tillman42anon94
@tillman42anon94 2 жыл бұрын
Competition is coming !!!!!!!! no, wait...uh, NAH!
@johnmanderson2060
@johnmanderson2060 2 жыл бұрын
Almost 100k subscribers!! 🤩
@electricviking
@electricviking 2 жыл бұрын
So close!
@pawantuladhar3265
@pawantuladhar3265 2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps time has come for Mercedes to R.I.P.
@WalterPetrovic
@WalterPetrovic 2 жыл бұрын
Mistake? When a huge corporation makes "huge mistakes" are they really mistakes? Who is pulling the strings of that corporation and who stands to gain from any fuck ups that happen? Mistakes = falling stock prices = massive stock buy-backs. Then suddenly, when the stocks are nearly worthless, the same company suddenly comes out with a game changer, that will thrust them to the top of their game, and their previous worthless stocks are suddenly worth 500% more than they did before the stocks began to fall. The entire bull shit of supply and demand works on this principle, for the reason of price gouging and screwing over the small investor. I think it is wrong, once you invest in a huge company and you panic-sell devalued stocks. Hang onto them. You have already lost the value. Keep it and wait for the "miraculous" rebound. This is especially true with legacy and new legacy-copying industries.
@thisismyname9569
@thisismyname9569 2 жыл бұрын
Destroying your brand and expecting to rebound is a terrible idea. This game is way too dangerous for any company to play in the real world. The only realistic strategy is to do the best they can and hope for the best.
@WalterPetrovic
@WalterPetrovic 2 жыл бұрын
@@thisismyname9569 Don't take my word on it. Look to history and how the rich and corporations manipulate the stock markets to make money for themselves.
@IN-hw8it6
@IN-hw8it6 2 жыл бұрын
MB's Stock price around €8 in 2008...🌻
@murphylas
@murphylas 2 жыл бұрын
The Ford Edsel is the worst decision made in the history of cars--a car with a toilet seat in the grill.
@juliane__
@juliane__ Жыл бұрын
Buying Chrysler at least was the biggest mistake. Maybe they ignore that because in China are many electric vehicles which just catch fire and burn out. Guess what is worse.
@mixalis6168
@mixalis6168 2 жыл бұрын
Who ever is designing and developing EVs for MB need to be sacked ASAP!!
@LarryHatch
@LarryHatch 2 жыл бұрын
EQS = Elon Quietly Snickers
@ajett5081
@ajett5081 2 жыл бұрын
They took Shultz's line. I see nusing, I hear nusing, I know nusing.
@chalkie1231
@chalkie1231 2 жыл бұрын
Until Global Consumer Law changes so that Directors are held criminally responsible for Poor Products & Customer Service outcomes there will be only Social media to protect us from Grand Theft Auto .... Thank you for your Ground Breaking Warnings to other Hapless but Loyal Legacy Auto brand customers .... This information should save a lot of Families Stress & Misery having to deal with irresponsible name Trashing Legacy Auto Manufacturers ....
@bjk6574
@bjk6574 2 жыл бұрын
The USA Mercedes EQS EV sedan is amazing. Blows away Tesla
@MENDNZ
@MENDNZ 2 жыл бұрын
Benz was ( one of) the first producer(s) of diesel vehicles? Switching to electric power goes against their founding father..
@SlipKnotRicky
@SlipKnotRicky 2 жыл бұрын
Almost 100K
@jmbelarmin
@jmbelarmin 2 жыл бұрын
Having a transmission tunnel - lol!! They should have repurposed it or come up with a creative feature like a 2x4 carrying compartment 😂😂
@wolfgangpreier9160
@wolfgangpreier9160 2 жыл бұрын
Underbody storage for stinger rockets and sell it to the Ukraine!
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