Will Mercedes' G class get juiced?

Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, with Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche in Detroit on Sunday. (REUTERS)

January 14, 2018 05:00 AM

BLOG06_170919897_H1_-1_QVIYBLLAASBE.jpg Amy Wilson covers BMW and Mercedes-Benz. She is based in Atlanta.

DETROIT -- Arnold Schwarzenegger put Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche on the spot Sunday night: Would the venerable Mercedes-Benz G class -- the hefty SUV that is certainly no sipper of gasoline -- ditch fossil fuels and eventually go electric?

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