While there really is nothing wrong with the way that plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles charge via cords, there also aren’t many people who wouldn’t trade in that current system for one that did the same job, but wirelessly. The good news for those people is that the new Mercedes-Benz S550e will at some point in the near future be fitted with a system that charges wirelessly, likely for the 2018 model year.
Assuming this does happen, as expected, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class would be the first production model to offer inductive charging. Leave it to Mercedes-Benz to be the first to adapt such a revolutionary innovation.
Imagine being able to just pull into your garage, where a wireless charger would be installed onto the floor, and then heading directly inside without messing with a single cord or wire. Not only would this be significantly more convenient for owners of automobiles, but it also would eliminate any possibility that a driver would forget to charge their car upon arriving home.
The technology itself is rather interesting, and at its core it runs on electromagnetism. Electricity runs through a coil of wire, creating a magnetic field that allows current to be transferred to another nearby coil without any sort of actual connection. The transfer is efficient and effective, more than enough for Lakeland customers to get very excited about this technology arriving at your Florida Mercedes dealer in the coming years.
The 2018 model year really isn’t all that far away, so if you’d like to come test drive a Mercedes-Benz S-Class model now in anticipation of this forthcoming innovation, please stop by our facility and one of our sales associates will get you all set up. Just know that charging your plug-in automobile is about to get a whole lot easier!
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