MERCEDES-BENZ has confirmed its flagship electrical car, the EQS, will go on sale in Europe in August and is predicted in Australia early in 2022.
The EQS, the equal to the S-Class, is proven in camouflage however shall be revealed later within the month.
Mercedes-Benz Vehicles Australia PR and product communications supervisor Jerry Stamoulis instructed GoAuto that the EQS shall be right here within the first quarter of 2022 and that specs and costs shall be launched nearer to that date.
Pricing is predicted to be considerably up on the S-Class vary that now begins at $206,590 plus on-road prices for the S350d and as much as $392,835 for the S63 L AMG. The Mercedes Maybach S650 is $445,235.
The EQS is the primary of the EV vary from Mercedes to have a novel platform. Present EVs, the EQC and incoming EQA, are based mostly on present ICE platforms.
The electrical car structure (EVA) may also be used for 3 all-new EV fashions – the electrical equivalents of the E-Class, GLE and GLS – within the brief time period and extra sooner or later.
The EQS can be the primary to include the MBUX Hyperscreen that mixes the devices, giant central display and a passenger show behind a single piece of glass that runs the complete width of the cabin.
Mercedes claims the EQS shall be able to a 770km vary – higher than any EV available on the market – and be extra aerodynamic than any earlier manufacturing automotive with a drag coefficient of solely 0.20.
The S-Class has a coefficient of 0.24 and the present most slippery manufacturing automotive design is shared with two different Mercedes choices, the A-Class and CLA.
Two EQS variations shall be accessible, the EQS 450 Plus – a single-motor, rear-drive saloon with 245kW/550Nm; and a dual-motor all-wheel drive referred to as the EQS 580 with 385kW/800Nm.
Each will come from launch with a Mercedes-made 108kWh battery pack (26 per cent greater than the present EQC) however future plans embrace an non-compulsory – and cheaper – EQS with a smaller 90kWh pack.
Recharging occasions quoted by Mercedes embrace a cost as much as 300km in quarter-hour utilizing a new-gen DC quick charger.
Japanese consumers even have the choice of bi-directional charging, feeding it again to the electrical energy grid when wanted.
The corporate claims electrical consumption of the EQS 450 at 19.1 to 16.0kWh/100km, and the EQS 580 4Matic at 20.0 to 16.9kWh/100km on the NEDC cycle. Each have a high velocity restricted to 210km/h.
By comparability, Tesla quotes its Mannequin 3 normal at 14.9kWh/100km; the Mannequin S 60 at 18.1kWh/100km; and the Mannequin X Efficiency at 23.6kWh/100km.
The EQS’s power recuperation output is an enormous 290kW and the corporate mentioned the automotive may be braked to an entire cease on the regeneration system alone.
The brand new-generation lithium-ion battery accents sustainability and has a cobalt portion diminished to only 10 per cent.
The 400-volt battery structure has very excessive density for higher charging efficiency and features a battery administration system that may be up to date by wi-fi.
Mercedes will challenge EQS house owners with a battery efficiency certificates that guarantees clients cowl for battery lack of capability that’s legitimate for 10 years or 250,000km.
The rise of the EV is fostered by Mercedes-Benz’s Ambition 2039 mandate that has a purpose of a completely networked and carbon-neutral car fleet by 2039.
It pledges that from 2030, it’s going to goal greater than 50 per cent of passenger automotive gross sales with plug-in hybrids or pure electrical powertrains, and that manufacturing in all its international factories shall be carbon-neutral from 2022.
