For the new CLA, Mercedes-Benz Cars has defined quantitative targets for reducing COâ‚‚ emissions in the supply chain for production materials for the first time. The focus here is on materials and components that have high COâ‚‚ emissions during production. With the life cycle assessment of the CLA 250+ (combined energy consumption: 14.1-12.2 kWh/100 km | combined COâ‚‚ emissions: 0 g/km | COâ‚‚ class: A)[1] at the start of production, the quantities of COâ‚‚-reduced aluminum and steel, COâ‚‚-reduced battery cells, and recycled plastic used in the new CLA are taken into account. In addition, traction current from renewable energy is used as a basis.
In the development of the CLA, care was taken to use as many secondary materials as possible. The proportion of secondary material in the CLA 250+ with regard to thermoplastics was increased to 42 kg. Around 50% of the secondary material for thermoplastics comes from post-consumer sources. For example, the jacking points are entirely made from recycled bumpers from end-of-life vehicles.
