Mercedes-Benz R&D expenses increased, MB.OS system development costs soared 40%

Although the revenue in the Chinese market dropped by 8.5%, Mercedes-Benz's R&D investment increased by 12%. The development cost of the MB.OS system increased by 40%, but the mass production of CLA was delayed by 4 months due to the low efficiency of the German team. This explains why the Beijing prototype factory had already prepared the hardware, but the software team had to take over the German mess overnight.