As a journalist, in general and perhaps especially in this department, you can’t write or do anything without someone writing to you. Sometimes pointing out, sometimes admonishing, sometimes scolding, sometimes praising. So Mercedes-Benz CLA. The electric car has just been named Car of the Year. Unfortunately it suffers from one or two recalls. Not a huge number of items and things that can be fixed quickly. But “something like that shouldn’t happen to Mercedes. And you also praise the car,” whispers a reader. There’s something to it. Someone else is having relationship stress with his Audi E-Tron. The water cooling control tank on the rear axle (honestly, we didn’t know such a thing existed) was half full, meaning there was a loss of water in the system. The workshop replaced the drive and the shafts, which had rotted away due to the dripping water, for 9,000 euros. No more rear power on the test drive. History: 32 battery cells were damaged. Removed, replaced. Afterwards only 180 kilometers of range. Workshop again, battery management readjusted, all in all three weeks in intensive care and 30,000 euros in costs. The man no longer wants an electric car. We suspect bad luck plus initial difficulties, even in the workshops, which are probably not that comfortable with the increasingly complicated (software) controls. Another person reports a minor accident with his electric craftsman’s delivery van. The entire battery had to come out, costing 10,000 euros. Now he’s driving a combustion engine again. Low maintenance is one of the electric cars’ trump cards, and repairs seem to bring unpleasant surprises. Is everything correct? In any case, the electric car doesn’t have an easy time of it, especially not at the regulars’ table. Does new funding have to come from tax money? More competitive products and competitive policies.
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