Mercedes CLA 250e Plug-In Hybrid acceleration in all ELECTRIC & SPORT mode

2021 CLA 250e review: • Mercedes CLA 250e Plug...
This is Mercedes CLA 250e Plug-In Hybrid accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in Sport mode and then in all electric mode with time measurements. First attempt in a Sport mode was done by releasing the brake pedal and pushing the accelerator and the second attempt in Sport was done with holding the car on a brake to gain revs. Enjoy!

[@AnotherEpicName]

0:19 SPORT (petrol+elec) 0-240 1:35 SPORT (petrol+elec) 0-100 1:48 ELEC 0-100 2:16 ELEC 0-100

[@VToldsMotoShow]

Not gonna say I support it ;)

[@Zyphr--]

@@VToldsMotoShow it's easy to click on the timestamps to compare them. I've watched each part 5 times already thanks to his comment :)

[@exactmat]

@v-told: do you still have the boost from the electric engine when the battery is empty?

[@VToldsMotoShow]

It should have it since the battery is never totally empty. This is in normal driving. However, the question might now be what if we do full accelerations with 0% of battery level shown a few times. I wonder how this would work and if at some point the car would not be able to use its full power - and if so, then when that may happen. Now to this question I don't know an answer.

[@Sureme440]

Using both battery / fuel tank how many miles can this car travel without charging and refuelling???? Isn’t 40miles a very short journey before it dies out?

[@endadoherty9926]

Heres some info that might help you. Have a 250e and took it on a long journey 366km covering approx 220km of motorway the rest on primary roads. Started with full tank of petrol and charge at 65km. Drive totally in comfort mode. But set destination on satnav. Let the car work out when to use battery or petrol. Reahed destinatio with half tank petrol remaining and had used battery/electric for 125km out of the 366 travelled with 29 left on battery. very pleased with this result

[@dimassiabdelhak8106]

@@endadoherty9926Hello, tomorrow I'm getting my cla 250e and I'd like to know if you're still happy with the car motors reliability and if you can tell me if you faced any major issues? Thank you in advance 😊

[@endadoherty9926]

@@dimassiabdelhak8106Have car now for 21 months & have done 21000km on clock. Overall I am very happy with the car and have done 91% of my driving on electric. Main issue has been the flap for the electric plug not opening correctly so has been replaced twice by dealer under warranty & i am on the third one now. Also I have noticed that when you top up your petrol tank and for example do 50km using petrol engine that the petrol guage does not seem to go down as it shoul - I am going to raise this with the dealer before warranty expires. Ps a fried of mine is picking up a new CLa 250e in the next few days so I will be interested to see the changes compared to my own. I know it will not have the trackpad which I find really handy (see my comment on one of Nick's other videos which I got some positive reaction to). Good luck with your car.

[@beratgaming2931]

@@dimassiabdelhak8106Congratulations! I am interested if you can tell me more about the consumption of it.

[@adamsky7544]

how to check eletric max acceleration ? kick down will start combustion engine...

[@RobinVandaele]

Put it in elektric mode, and push down..

[@adamsky7544]

@@RobinVandaele but isn't it so that with full kick down all the way, even in ev mode, the internal combustion engine will turn on to add power?

[@casaxtreme2952]

@@adamsky7544 When in EV-Mode there is a resistance in the pedal at a certain point. If you press over the resistance the ICE will turn on. As you can clearly feel it in your foot you can do a "kick down" without starting the ICE.

[@raghuramkalyanam]

What is the petrol only consumption, lets say you don't have much time to charge your car on a long trip?

[@VToldsMotoShow]

I'll be mostly guessing that it should be between 6 and 11 liters - minimum outside the city and maximum in the city accordingly. It's a pretty wide range but it is what it is with petrol engines.

[@richardc7516]

around 7 lts/100kms

[@jeppelarsen4002]

Does it have 260 horspower when on sportsmode? Because it has 100HP on the Electric motor and 160HP on the petrol?

[@VToldsMotoShow]

No, it doesn't sum up like this.

[@jeppelarsen4002]

@@VToldsMotoShow okay thanks:)

[@AlexisDelatolas]

Mercedes states 218hp combined and 450NM, which is impressive actually considering this is only a 1.3 liter engine

[@jeppelarsen4002]

@@AlexisDelatolas but why dosnt it have 260HP when both engines run at the same time? :)

[@AlexisDelatolas]

@@jeppelarsen4002 they say it is because the peak horsepower is made at different points for each engine. For example the 160hp for the engine is made at around 5500rpm and at that point the electric motor makes only 68hp. Probably the 100hp of the electric motor is delivered when the engine is at lower rpm.

[@Boemel]

How's the actual electric only mileage ? i have 80km to work and back.

[@VToldsMotoShow]

I'd say you won't make it on electric only. It should be around 50 km maximum (count 40km perhaps) and let's say 5 km more if it starts using petrol engine and recharges the battery on the remaining 30 km. However, then it's like you've driven 25 km on petrol instead of 80 so savings on fuel are enormous and this choice would totally make sense. It's kind of satisfying too.

[@CAPOdeluxe]

depends on weather and speed but maximum I did is around 75 with 100 kmh on the speedway with warm weather. I guess 80-85km is possible with perfect weather and speed

[@Ryse93]

Do you only need to use the battery for short ride or is it butter to use booth ?

[@VToldsMotoShow]

Once the car runs out of battery, it needs to power itself with the combustion engine. Or if you want to have full power etc.

[@raghuramkalyanam]

Can the car regenerate based on the braking? If so how good is that.

[@VToldsMotoShow]

Yes, it does that but it doesn't generate as much energy then. I found for example Ford Kuga and Explorer to be able to get back much more energy and actually get more additional km on electric thanks to that than this CLA 250e. It would charge a bit but I got an impression that it's mostly about being charged externally.

[@Lolimaster]

@@VToldsMotoShow It makes more sense when coasting downhill.

[@raghuramkalyanam]

You both are right. After thinking a lot i decided to go fully electric. It made me finalize Tesla model 3.

[@Rondo2ooo]

If you drive normal, not fully pushing all the time, while being in hybrid mode, it adds range but slowly (say 7- 10+ edit:'km' battery per 100 km driven on the road). One special experience I had in the alps. 25 minutes hill down break recovery and it fully filled my almost empty battery.

[@raghuramkalyanam]

@@Rondo2ooo By the way, I thought a lot about this and finally bought a Tesla. It is amazing 🤩.

[@Krecik-ig4zb]

A ze chce się wam jeździć na testy na te niemieckie autobahny ;))fajne auto !

[@VToldsMotoShow]

Zdecydowanie warto ;)

[@davi_dinoo]

What's the difference between ECO and COMFORT??

[@blazesmooth5573]

Eco is for full economy, comfort is for a relaxed drive

[@mehdiajr7335]

When you are in high rpm the car’s using the combusting engine so if your drive normally, you’re almost never using the combusting engine

[@tomblueberry7867]

Does the car smoke in the winter when on electric mode or does that only happens when the car uses the engine instead?

[@VToldsMotoShow]

There's steam coming out from the exhaust only when a combustion engine is on and producing warm gases.

[@l-xmahmoud5673]

Is this car costs alot of fuel ?

[@VToldsMotoShow]

No, not a lot.

[@l-xmahmoud5673]

@@VToldsMotoShow really ?

[@WinkelHoof]

You dont know how a hybrid works?

[@samueld6511]

You have to brakeboost to get 6.8s

[@VToldsMotoShow]

I assume that this is exactly how it is originally counted.

[@niklasbuchholz4175]

I have an a250e and you will easily get to 100kmh in under 7 seconds.. I’ve got like 6,2-6,4sec! You have to turn the esc off and engage launch control! In your Video the time started counting when the petrol engine wasn’t even on..

[@michaelnobauer7108]

Hi! Ich möchte mir auch den cla 250e kaufen, ist es möglich batterie zu sparen und rein auf verbrenner zu fahren!? Welcher fahrmodus wäre das dann!?

[@niklasbuchholz4175]

@@michaelnobauer7108 ja den Fahrmodus gibt es und nennt sich „Battery Level“ also der Ladestand der Batterie bleibt bei Ankunft gleich wie bei der Abfahrt

[@michaelnobauer7108]

@@niklasbuchholz4175 danke!!

[@pedro_ferreirinha]

How do you engage the launch control?

[@racks2267]

How does the engine perform on its own?

[@VToldsMotoShow]

I believe that the petrol engine is never totally on its own. In my opinion, there's always some support from the electric one if you want to push the car more. There's a similar story with an electric one - if you push the accelerator so much that you press the "kickdown button" under it, then the petrol engine engages.

[@ceksdevries2254]

Perfecht !!