- Daimler, parent group of Mercedes, announced on Thursday it new plan
- It will sell an electric version of every new car model by 2025
- Bosses refused to confirm a date for when it stops selling petrol and diesel cars
- Instead, they said Mercedes 'will be ready' to be an EV-only car brand by 2030
- A host of plans were revealed as part of a €40billion development drive
- It includes building 8 new gigafactories worldwide - 1 in the US and 4 in Europe
- An easy charging payment system will launch this year and in 2022 it will unveil its EQXX concept car with a single-charge driving range of more than 1,000km

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