According to media reports, Mercedes-Benz is said to be going the extra mile to improve the safety of its vehicles. As per reports, the German carmaker is crash-testing vehicles made by its competitors to know how they fare compared to their own vehicles.<\/p>\n
Ola Kallenius, CEO of Mercedes-Benz, stated, “No company has a longer, deeper safety pedigree than Mercedes. You can go to an insurance company or safety rating agency and pick up some stars. We always say one star is enough: the Mercedes star. We do a whole range of tests nobody else does. We crash our vehicles, we crash competitor vehicles and we have a feeling for what works and what doesn\u2019t.”<\/p>\n
He also mentioned how the attention to detail by the brand helps give its products the edge over its Chinese rivals arriving in Europe.<\/p>\n
The company is also reportedly futureproofing its model lineup by spending “double-digit billions of euros” on its next-gen EVs. The carmaker will go purely electric as early as 2030, but, Kallenius confirmed it’s not getting rid of its petrol and diesel engines just yet as “high-tech ICE vehicles” will be necessary in the coming decade.<\/p>\n