…even though it’s not exactly in the movie.
Mercedes’ latest Vision Concept highlights environmental compatibility, just like they have on the moon Pandora in the upcoming sequel,The electric car is powered by a “compostable” battery devoid of rare earth elements, and has vegan seat cloth.Avatarto another planet and dives in, doesn’t have any conventional four-door sedans in it—certainly not any made by Mercedes-Benz. But that didn’t stop the German brand from making a conventional four-door sedan thatbeen in the movie.
Mercedes and Lightstorm Entertainment are the two creative forces behind the car you see here, which debuted at CES two years ago. You already know Mercedes, which is making the transition from 140 years of internal-combustion power to the next 140 or so years of electric propulsion. Lightstorm is the movie production company that made the Hollywood blockbusterBalloon tires would be helpful if there are sand dunes on the moon Pandora.
“ particularly powerful and compact high-voltage battery,” Mercedes claims. “For the first time, the revolutionary battery technology is based on graphene-based organic cell chemistry and thus completely eliminates rare, toxic, and expensive earths such as metals. Electromobility thus becomes independent of fossil resources.”
Not a lot of specifics are given about the battery chemistry, but it’s just a concept—you could say it runs on good will and marketing and be technically correct.
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