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BRIXWORTH, England (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz has plugged its Formula One team into the engineering process to build vastly more efficient mass-market electric vehicles (EVs), slashing development times by a quarter or more as it jump starts efforts to keep pace with Tesla. | 02:04am
Mercedes-Benz turned to its F1 team for support in building more efficient mass-market electric vehicles(EVs), to keep pace with Tesla.
When it comes to EVs, efficiency is key, and Tesla seems to have an edge. Mercedes hopes to change that by enlisting F1, which will also speed up development.
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Mercedes-Benz has plugged its Formula One team into the engineering process to build vastly more efficient electric vehicles (EVs) to keep pace with Tesla.