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Like other “Edition 55” models, the upcoming CLA45 Edition 55 leans heavily on visual updates (and some aerodynamic changes) to offer a small number of buyers a different-looking CLA45 in the U.S. Only 55 units will be sold here.Most of the updates are visual, dominated by the Cosmos Black Metallic paint scheme and plenty of red/black Edition 55 accents on the exterior and inside. Plus, it comes with a free indoor car cover, to keep your new AMG protected when it’s not moving.Pricing has not yet been announced, but Edition 55 upgrades for the new CLA45 in Europe cost around $13,000 to $15,000.In order to celebrate 55 years of AMG, Mercedes-AMG is releasing a limited edition 2022 Mercedes-AMG CLA45 four-door coupe called Edition 55 that offers a number of aerodynamic and visual enhancements. The Edition 55 will be limited to 55 units in the U.S. and will go on sale later this year as a 2023 model.

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AMG fans will not be able to miss the upgrades Mercedes is making in the CLA45 Edition 55. All versions will get the AMG Aerodynamics package as standard. Although the CLA45 Edition 55 will be available in Digital White Metallic paint in some markets, the U.S. will get the car in Cosmos Black Metallic only. There will be plenty of high-gloss black accents sprinkled around the car to match the new exterior updates.

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Let’s start with the AMG Aerodynamics package, which is the only update to the Edition 55 that makes a noticeable difference in how the car moves through the air. The aero package adds a front apron with a larger front splitter, an AMG rear wing, new deflector elements on the simulated side air outlets of the rear apron, and a diffuser blade. The new wind shapes improve the car’s driving characteristics at high speeds, Mercedes said, but even when sitting still, they’ll offer high-gloss black accents that match the many visual changes. That list includes an AMG Night package and AMG Night package II, which brings the high-gloss black look to the front splitter and trim elements, like the AMG side sill panel inserts, the window line trim strip and the exterior mirror housings. Black chrome can be found on the tailpipe and the louvers in the front grille, while other AMG emblems on the vehicle’s side come in various grays or are transparent to fit in wherever they’re located. The CLA45 Edition 55 uses 19-inch AMG cross-spoke forged wheels in matte gray and, surprise, another “Edition 55” design element. The interior has been redone in black and red, which is a theme for the Edition 55 line. The CLA45 Edition 55 has red, illuminated lettering in the door sill panels, red and black floor mats and AMG Performance seats upholstered in two-tone red and black nappa leather. A customized AMG Indoor Car Cover is also part of the deal.Mercedes-AMG’s global birthday celebration has also given the world—i.e., different markets—Edition 55 versions of the A35, A45, CLA35, and G63. The 2022 Mercedes-AMG G63 Edition 55 was announced for the U.S. in March (limited to 55 units), and that model received a unique exterior look and a red and black interior with lots of “55” references.Mercedes is not yet announcing pricing for the CLA45 Edition 55 in the U.S., but we can guess the rough cost premium based on the special models that will be available in Germany. There, the Edition 55 versions of the CLA45 4Matic and CLA45 S 4Matic can be had for an upcharge between around $13,100 and $14,870, depending on powertrain.

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Chevy plans to add Super Cruise to its 2023 Tahoe and Suburban.The tech is limited to high-end Premier and High Country trims.The semiconductor shortage, however, may ultimately affect Chevy’s plans.The 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban are the latest General Motors models to offer the company’s Super Cruise hands-free driver-assist system. Or at least that’s what the brand intends to happen.

“Due to current supply-chain shortages, certain features—including Super Cruise—have limited and late availability,” a spokesperson wrote in an email to Car and Driver. When asked if Chevrolet may ultimately need to push Super Cruise’s debut in the Tahoe and Suburban to the 2024 model year, the same spokesperson replied that Chevy is “continuing to monitor chip availability and will make this determination when our business deems appropriate in the model year cycle.”

We wager Chevy feels pretty confident it can get the needed semiconductor chips to bring Super Cruise to these two full-size SUVs for the 2023 model year. Otherwise, the bowtie brand would have surely pushed back announcing this information until it had a firmer grasp on its semiconductor chip situation.Nevertheless, it’s entirely possible Chevy released this information under the guise of “hoping for the best but planning for the worst.” If the worst does happen, and Chevy pulls Super Cruise from the options sheets of the 2023 Tahoe and Suburban, then buyers of these big SUVs will find the brand making only a handful of very small changes for the new model year. Three new exterior hues (Silver Sage Metallic, Sterling Gray Metallic, and Radiant Red Tintcoat) are added to the two vehicles’ color palettes, while a new accessory grill, which forgoes the bowtie badge for the Chevrolet name, is available on LS, LT, RST, and Premier trims.That said, if Chevy succeeds at bringing Super Cruise to the 2023 Tahoe and Suburban, then consumers of these models ought to plan on spending big bucks for the Level 2 driving-assist system, as it’s limited to the SUVs’ pricey Premier and High Country trims.
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Mass-market electric vehicles have been available in the U.S. for over a decade, but we’ve only seen small, incremental changes in sales for most of that time. In the first three months of 2022, though, EV registrations shot up an astonishing 60 percent even as the overall market was down 18 percent. With great EV sales comes great charging station responsibility, and figuring out how to offer public charging options to all of these new EV drivers is an ongoing concern.American car shoppers seem to have discovered the electric car. After a decade of slow but steady sales growth, electric vehicle registrations in the U.S. shot up 60 percent in the first quarter of 2022 even as overall new car registrations dropped 18 percent. It’s the latest indication that domestic EV acceptance may have turned some important but invisible corner recently.The sharp increase in electric-vehicle registrations at the start of this year meant that the EV share of the overall market hit a historic 4.6 percent. While places like Norway—where over 86 percent of all new vehicle sales were electric in March—may laugh at that number, EV advocates know that change happens slowly, then all at once, or something like that.

One big reason we’re seeing more EVs in people’s driveways is the explosion in exciting new models, from the Ford F-150 Lightning to the Kia EV6 to the Hyundai Ioniq 5. Experian calculated that there were 158,689 new EV registrations in the first three months of the year. The big winners were EVs from Tesla (up 59 percent to 113,882 new registrations), Kia (up more than eight-fold to 8,450) Ford (up 91 percent to 7,407) and Hyundai (up more than 300 percent, to 6,964), according to Automotive News. These plus other EV sales (the Nissan Leaf and the Volkswagen ID.4 were both in the top 10) meant the segment grew to that 4.6 percent record, which means that a total of 3.4 million new cars were registered last quarter.More EVs on the road might seem like good news, but some people see danger ahead, particularly when it comes to public charging. Despite the fact that most EV charging happens at home, this isn’t a solution for everyone, which means public charging needs to be readily available for some to keep raising the number of EVs sold. The age-old chicken vs. egg story remains alive and well in the EV charging infrastructure world, with a story in the Los Angeles Times last month saying that DC fast-charging station operators need eight to 10 charge sessions a day to turn a “decent return,” but if you also need to have enough fast-chargers available so that drivers don’t face too many waiting times. Finding the balance, especially with EV sales surging, could prove difficult.

Supply-chain problems plaguing the auto industry may have an impact on which cars are being sold, given that some automakers have to make production decisions about which models to build or not build based on the supply of semiconductor chips or other components in short supply. If you’ll allow a bit of speculation, the fact that EVs command more attention from the public and the higher starting prices for many EVs could be two potential reasons for automakers to prioritize EVs over internal combustion engine vehicles. Automotive News notes that it and Experian used registration data to get a clearer picture of EV sales in the U.S., since, for example, Tesla does not release sales figures. Other industry analysts have slightly different figures for EV sales at the start of 2022, but they all show major increases compared to last year. Cox Automotive’s estimate of the EV market share for the first quarter of 2022, for example, was 5.2 percent compared to 2.5 percent in 2021. Whatever the exact numbers, something’s certainly happening out there.
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