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Mercedes-Benz bridges fossil fuel and electric driving with GLE400e Coupe
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The GLE plug-in hybrid has been priced below the mild-hybrid 3-litre versions, so buyers are not paying more for the coupe styling.
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SINGAPORE – Mercedes-Benz once used a product placement in a movie about dinosaurs to launch a car. Now, it is giving buyers a way to wean themselves off fossil fuels with the plug-in hybrid version of its GLE Coupe.
The movie was The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and the Mercedes-Benz model was the first M-Class, the precursor to the GLE-Class. The American-made Mercedes-Benz was launched ahead of rivals such as the BMW X5 (1999) and Porsche Cayenne (2002).
