For the new CLA, Mercedes-Benz Cars has defined quantitative targets for reducing CO₂ emissions in the supply chain for production materials for the first time.
The focus here is on materials and components that have high CO₂ emissions during production. With the life cycle assessment of the CLA 250+ at the start of production, the quantities of CO₂-reduced aluminum and steel, CO₂-reduced battery cells, and recycled plastic used in the new CLA are taken into account. In addition, traction current from renewable energy is used as a basis.
In the development of the CLA, care was taken to use as many secondary materials as possible. The proportion of secondary material in the CLA 250+ with regard to thermoplastics was increased to 42 kg.
Around 50% of the secondary material for thermoplastics comes from post-consumer sources. For example, the jacking points are entirely made from recycled bumpers from end-of-life vehicles.