Order/Pre-order/Build date info thread

[jelloslug]

On YouTube there is a recent video of the B Class Electric manufacturing assembly line. They show many details of the build process. You may see your answers to the "key" issue there.

Steve

I have watched that video; all the scenes show either a keyhole in the dash or a key in the keyhole. Also, on the preliminary US option sheet that was linked here there was nothing about a Keyless-go option.

 

[tomt]

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[roperld]

Lack of a keyless start button and lack of a Quick Charger may move me toward leasing another LEAF instead of the MBED in 2015.

 

[roperld]

I found this on the web pagehttp://ibnlive.in.com/news/2012-mercedesbenz-bclass-first-drive/216424-25-169.html about the gasoline version of the B-Class:

"Thankfully, Mercedes has retreated from the headlong dash to provide keyless-go (which it originally introduced on the S-Class); the new B has an old-fashioned key to open the car and start the engine."

So, it appears that the Mercedes B-Class ED will not have the smart key that all other BEVs have! What a bummer!!

 

[tomt]

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[roperld]

Here is a web page containing technical details about the Mercedes Keyless Go:
http://bayhas.com/mercedes/cl215/contents/key_operation.htm

Here is a movie about the operations of the Mercedes Keyless Go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQgy7xqvwFE

When I do a build for the MBCED, the picture shows a key fob rather than a standard key going into the dash. So, maybe it has the Keyless Go!

 

[roperld]

Here are web pages about smart keys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_key
http://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/how-smart-is-your-car-key/

 

[tomt]

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[roperld]

As shown in the video I list above, for Keyless Go one has the option of using a removable button to start the car or using the fob after the button is removed. This as more clumsy than the way it is for the Prius. What happens if you lose the removable button?

 

[klaus]

Looks like something needs to stick in the dash (taken from mbusa.com B-Class Electric Drive build page) :

 

[roperld]

If you watch the Keyless Go movie I listed above (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQgy7xqvwFE you will see that it has the feature that the start button can be removed so that the driver can put the fob in the hole where the button was to use it to start the car.

 

[tomt]

What possible reason would there be to remove the start button and use it as a conventional key? Why would anyone really want to do that...

If you watch the Keyless Go movie I listed above you will see that it has the feature that the start button can be removed so that the driver can put the fob in the hole where the button was to use it to start the car.

 

[roperld]

I agree that it is crazy! Apparent MB thinks that many people want to do it the old-fashioned way.

 

[tomt]

Perhaps MB thinks they are still building huge cars for 80 somethings... Even Cadillac finally got over that! :lol:

I agree that it is crazy! Apparent MB thinks that many people want to do it the old-fashioned way.