IT SEEMS like an eternity since Mercedes-Benz’s first up to date electrical automotive – the EQC medium SUV – appeared on the scene, debuting the Stuttgart agency’s ‘EQ’ sub model.
A lot has occurred since GoAutofirst drove that automotive in Norway greater than two years in the past, but there’s lastly a glimmer on the horizon as Mercedes-EQ prepares to quickly increase its electrical portfolio
The entrée for this burgeoning EQ household is the EQA – a small electrical SUV based mostly carefully on the second-generation Mercedes-Benz GLA that launched internationally in December 2019.
What meaning is, very similar to the GLC-based EQC earlier than it, the EQA is an EV growth of an current platform (MFA2 on this occasion), quite than constructed on devoted EV structure as per the forthcoming EQS electrical limousine.
Whereas that is smart from a monetary perspective, it does imply the EQA is one thing of a compromise. Loads has been modified over the GLA, together with the entrance and rear styling for visible distinction and improved aerodynamics (0.28Cd), however has Mercedes-Benz executed sufficient to make the EQA really feel like a step ahead, quite than an EV stop-gap?
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