Mercedes-Benz B-Class

 

The B-Class Electric Drive wears its heart on its rocker panels, with prominent badging to let everyone know how conspicuously environmentally friendly you are. Mercedes wants you to treat your B-Class like a Gigapet, so they’re talking up the ability to check in with your car over the web, view the level of charge, check your range on a map and plan a route. You can also condition the cabin before you head out.

Electric cars, even retrofits like the B-Class Electric Drive, are never cheap, but Mercedes is banking on its ability to separate people from extraordinary sums of money for the privilege of driving one of its vehicles to help it shift what’s bound to be a small car with a big ‘ol asking price.