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04-17-2016, 10:22 PM
Mercedes re-thinks electric cars with an 'SNL' twist — and 9,000 batteries
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Electric cars may be the future, but they're more expensive than their gas-guzzling counterparts and tougher to recharge (for **w (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/tesla-supercharger-expansion/)).
Enter the Mercedes-Benz AA Class, an all-new vision for electric driving — compliments of Saturday Night Live — that skips far-flung charging stations and wait times in favor of replaceable batteres. AA batteries. 9,648 of them, to be exact.
SEE ALSO: Julia Louis-Dreyfus brings out her cougar side in nearly perfect SNL sketch (http://mashable.com/2016/04/17/julia-louis-dreyfus-snl-poolboy/)
Swapping that many batteries in and out may **t be cost-effective or time-saving, but at least it's a process that everyone can understand. Anyone who's old e**ugh to drive a car at this point can still remember a time before rechargeable batteries were used in everything, right? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/17/mercedes-aa-batteries/)
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Electric cars may be the future, but they're more expensive than their gas-guzzling counterparts and tougher to recharge (for **w (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/tesla-supercharger-expansion/)).
Enter the Mercedes-Benz AA Class, an all-new vision for electric driving — compliments of Saturday Night Live — that skips far-flung charging stations and wait times in favor of replaceable batteres. AA batteries. 9,648 of them, to be exact.
SEE ALSO: Julia Louis-Dreyfus brings out her cougar side in nearly perfect SNL sketch (http://mashable.com/2016/04/17/julia-louis-dreyfus-snl-poolboy/)
Swapping that many batteries in and out may **t be cost-effective or time-saving, but at least it's a process that everyone can understand. Anyone who's old e**ugh to drive a car at this point can still remember a time before rechargeable batteries were used in everything, right? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/17/mercedes-aa-batteries/)
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