23 Feb 2021 - 20:02 Bloomberg Mercedes-Benz is bolstering the C-Class lineup with versions that carry more powerful batteries to help its popular sedan withstand a trend toward sport-utility vehicles. Mercedes doubled the range of the model’s plug-in hybrid versions to 100 kilometers (62 miles) to appeal to a broader customer group, sales chief Britta Seeger told reporters. The mid-size cars, which will go on sale this summer, will also get the latest multimedia system from the luxury brand’s flagship S-Class model. The C-Class will play "a very big part” in reaching the Daimler AG unit’s target of almost doubling the share of plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars sold this year, Seeger said. Mercedes shipped about 160,000 vehicles with a battery last year, roughly 7% of its global deliveries.