2022 Mercedes EQS Teaser Puts S-Class Coupe’s Handling In A Bad Light

It is seldom that automakers drop crap on their vehicles, however Mercedes-Benz simply did that with the most recent teaser for the Mercedes EQS. The upcoming mannequin is, after all, the much-awaited flagship EV equal of the S-Class, which ought to characteristic the automaker’s energy by way of expertise, automotive engineering, and this time, EV growth.

Regardless of being an S-Class inexperienced equal, the Mercedes EQS can have totally different underpinnings particularly constructed for EVs – the Electrical Car Structure (EVA) platform.

On the most recent vertical video teaser launched by Mercedes (embedded above), the German marque touted two options that the EQS will arrive with. Certainly one of them was what the automaker calls Torque Shift, which was first talked about through the reveal of the Imaginative and prescient EQS Idea in 2019.

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Torque Shift is Merc’s identify for torque vectoring, differing energy supply on every wheel relying on a number of variables. That is managed by way of the automotive’s Central Powertrain Controller or CPC, which acts because the EQS’s mind.

To showcase how the characteristic impacts the EQS’s dealing with, the teaser’s presenters, Mercedes EQS’ eDrive system chief engineer Eva Greiner and Danish TV host Felix Smith, drove an S-Class Coupe first inside the dealing with course on Daimler’s non-public take a look at observe in Immendingen, Germany.

Smith then drove the EQS, exhibiting how simply the flagship EV dealt with the observe with Torque Shift at play. 

Name it advertising blabber or something, but it surely’s apparent that the German automaker was placing the S-Class Coupe’s dealing with to disgrace to spotlight the EQS. That is high-quality, maybe, because the S-Class has dropped the coupe in its lineup.

Mercedes additionally showcased the Eco-Help characteristic, which works as an intuitive and anticipatory driving assist for comfort. The Eco-Help operate was additionally a part of the Mercedes EQC when it was launched a couple of years in the past.

Mercedes hasn’t disclosed any launch date of the EQS simply but, however everyone knows that it’s going to come earlier than later this yr. Anticipate extra teasers from the marque, although, because the teaser above exhibits “Episode 1.” Let’s simply hope the following one is not a vertical video.