2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450

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The original Mercedes-Benz M-Class gave the automaker its foothold in the Hybrid SUV market and in America. Legally branded the ML-Class, to avoid problems with BMW and Infiniti, the M-Class was the first vehicle to come from the company’s Alabama factory back in 1998.

Mercedes-Benz has been collaborating with General Motors, Chrysler and BMW for the last four years to develop the two-mode hybrid system for applications smaller than the buses that GM originally designed it for.

Mercedes-Benz will be building its own version of the two-mode hybrid transmission at a plant in Germany. The net output of the hybrid system is 335 hp and 381 lb-ft.

Visual Difference

The only visual difference between an ML350 and ML450 is a revised hood need to clear the power electronics package that sits on top of the engine. Inside, the passenger and cargo space is unaffected by the hybrid system because the battery is buried beneath the rear cargo floor.

Lessons learned from development allowed Mercedes and the partners to produce a very seamless control strategy. The system allows the SUV to operate in electric drive mode at speeds up to 31 mph. Among the new control features first implemented on the ML is logic that detects when the vehicle is driven in traffic, allowing it to operate in electric mode to an even lower state of battery charge.

The performance of the brake system in the ML was particularly impressive, showing absolutely no signs of transitioning between friction and regenerative braking. The ML450, like all other current Mercedes models, has hill-assist which uses the accelerometer for the stability control system to detect when the vehicle is on an incline.

For comparison the ML320 BlueTec is rated at 18/24 while the ML350 is 15/20 and V8 ML550 is at 13/18 mpg. Mercedes hasn’t set pricing yet, but Dolpp told us that it should be somewhere between the ML350 and ML550.

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