Mercedes-Benz Vans boss Mathias Geisen presents the future strategy of his division on Tuesday. Geisen wants to gradually increase the proportion of electric vehicles in sales.

He has set himself the target of 2026 percent for 20, and by 2030 more than half of all Mercedes vans delivered will be BEVs. The number of variants offered will be reduced "by more than 50 percent" Geisen and Co. want to reduce fixed costs by more than 2025 percent by 2019 compared to 20.